Arsenal vs Newcastle: 5 key players in another must-win

2. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Speaking of changing up the attack, as alluded to in the previous slide, I can only hope that Mikel Arteta has seen enough to move this attack around, focus more on building sustainable chances, and thus bench Lacazette. If you stick Gabriel Martinelli on one wing, Nicolas Pepe on the other and start Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang up front, guess what happens?

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Goals.

Even with Mesut Ozil still inexplicably stuck in at the No. 10 role, we will score goals if you have that much speed and creativity in a front three. There’s nothing that can stop it, specifically no one at Newcastle. Especially if they go with a back three, as they often have.

That said, Aubameyang needs to be sharp. He wasn’t against Burnley. He missed chances, he wasn’t at his best. That’s fine. He was coming off a suspension, there was going to be some rust. But that rust needs to be dispelled for this Newcastle match.

When the chances come, Aubameyang needs to take them. I don’t know what else to say about that.

On to No. 1.