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Arsenal: 3 different, deadly forms this attack could take

By Josh Sippie

Arsenal's Spanish head coach Mikel Arteta (C) gives instructions to Arsenal's English striker Eddie Nketiah (L) and Arsenal's Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (2L) on the touchline during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Everton at the Emirates Stadium in London on February 23, 2020. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)
Arsenal's Spanish head coach Mikel Arteta (C) gives instructions to Arsenal's English striker Eddie Nketiah (L) and Arsenal's Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (2L) on the touchline during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Everton at the Emirates Stadium in London on February 23, 2020. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images) /
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2. A slight variation

So we know that Arteta loves the 4-2-3-1, he loves his lone striker, and he wants to keep Aubameyang as a winger. But what if he didn’t?

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For whatever reason, Arteta has not played Aubameyang as a striker since he took over, and I’m still convinced it would be a good idea. If nothing else, because it would give us two natural wingers on either side of Aubameyang.

We’d put Nicolas Pepe out on the right and either Bukayo Saka or Gabriel Martinelli on the left. Both of those youngsters like to cut inside, they have a solid finishing touch, they love to deliver delicious balls into the box. Saka and Pepe in particular have shown a knack for the assist, as they now have 18 between the two of them, ten for Saka and eight for Pepe.

The benefit to this is we still get Ozil at the No. 10, who will presumably create some himself, and we get the mass of assists on either side of the starting striker, who just so happens to be the world class Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

I don’t know why it hasn’t been tried, but we’re doing just fine as is, so I won’t complain.

Finally, let’s get weird at No. 1.

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