Mesut Ozil, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette and Aaron Ramsey started the 2-0 win against Napoli on Thursday night.
The foursome had only started five games together previously for the Gunners this season. On every occasion, the London club have come away with a victory.
Fans on Twitter have been calling on manager Unai Emery to utilise the four players on the pitch more often:
It’s not rocket science
— Zack Scarlett (@zackscarlett) 12 April 2019
Start them every game and we win the league. Simple
— toby (@tobybaconn) 12 April 2019
Start your best players and you win games? pic.twitter.com/NS7wKFGT1e
— 19′ (@marsshutdown) 12 April 2019
not rocket science is it? we cant defend so lets just focus on our strengths which is attack attack attack and these 4 are pivotal to that, lets just go out and take the game to whoever we are playing! We Are The Arsenal and should not fear anyone!! #COYG
— JRFIZZY (@JRFIZZY) 12 April 2019
Why did it take Emery so long to work out?
— Paul Brown (@paul_brown65) 12 April 2019
Imagine yesterday match that our midfield was Iwobi, Guendouzi n Elneny
— Dan Amana (@ayadamana) 12 April 2019
they need to start for us all the remaining games Europa and premier league…
— amina tari (@aminatari1) 12 April 2019
and you see the next game he changes i dont know why
— Mordecai Zgambo (@zgamboson) 12 April 2019
— 19′ (@marsshutdown) 12 April 2019
Play your best players pic.twitter.com/Ht0XibqhlT
— Badham (@Badham11) 12 April 2019
It’s not quite as simple as some supporters suggest. Picking your best players will generally lead to better results but you still need a good system in place, as well as considering your opponents’ strengths and weaknesses.
Still, the quality that these four stars can produce should mean they are on the pitch more often than not. Of course, their attacking play has to be supported by hard graft, alongside the help of teammates such as the industrious Lucas Torreira, but Emery could do a lot worse than picking them all from the start on a more regular basis.