Stopping Chelsea crossing the ball

Giroud

One thing that Arsenal did well in the 2-2 draw a Stamford Bridge was to force the Blues into crossing the ball. Cesar Azpilicueta and Emerson do not have the best accuracy with their deliveries.


However, if Olivier Giroud does start as expected, with Reece James and Marcos Alonso out wide, Arteta will instead want his team to double up in wide areas to prevent crosses. The polar opposite of what happened back in January.

David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.