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Arsenal 2020/21 Team of the Season

By Ross Kennerley

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 26: Granit Xhaka of Arsenal celebrates with teammates Rob Holding, Emile Smith Rowe, Mohamed Elneny, Hector Bellerin, Gabriel Martinelli, Alexandre Lacazette and Bukayo Saka after scoring his team's second goal during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Chelsea at Emirates Stadium on December 26, 2020 in London, England. The match will be played without fans, behind closed doors as a Covid-19 precaution. (Photo by Andrew Boyers - Pool/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 26: Granit Xhaka of Arsenal celebrates with teammates Rob Holding, Emile Smith Rowe, Mohamed Elneny, Hector Bellerin, Gabriel Martinelli, Alexandre Lacazette and Bukayo Saka after scoring his team's second goal during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Chelsea at Emirates Stadium on December 26, 2020 in London, England. The match will be played without fans, behind closed doors as a Covid-19 precaution. (Photo by Andrew Boyers - Pool/Getty Images) /
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WOLVERHAMPTON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 02: Bukayo Saka of Arsenal celebrates with team mates Alexandre Lacazette, Hector Bellerin and Nicolas Pepe of Arsenal. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images) /

Forwards

Bukayo Saka (RW) – The star boy. The future of Arsenal and the club’s Player of the Season. That latter point is unconfirmed but it would be a shock to see him not scoop the award. Handed the No. 7 shirt at the start of the season, he’s been the shining light. The hope of a brighter future. The best player at the club this season.

Arteta’s constant use of him in every area of the pitch and total reliance on his technical security and drive exemplifies his importance to this team. Now it’s about building around him and ensuring Arsenal can match his talent. He deserves better.

Alexandre Lacazette (ST) – The club’s top scorer in all competitions, need we say more? There was nothing overly new from Lacazette this season, although we did see two sides to him. The first half of the campaign was him dropping extremely deep, and while he maintained that trait into the second half, he added actual penalty box presence to it.

His link-up play was as excellent as ever, but he started to show more desire to attack deliveries and it resulted in that superb patch of form from Boxing Day onwards. Still not the prolific striker Arsenal need, he’s well worthy of his place in this team for what he contributed to performances as a whole, not just that he scored two more than Aubameyang.

Nicolas Pepe (LW) – Would prefer him to be out on the right where he can cut in on his clinical left foot but there is plenty of scope for Saka and him to swap wings regularly if not permanently. Either way, Arsenal’s top contributor for combined goals and assists waltzes his way into his team off the back of some outstanding late season form.

Starting so show his true self since the turn of the year, it’s now about handing him more starts in the Premier League from the start of the season. Just 16 last term, his nine goals in the past 13 starts show where he has space to score even more.

Next. No excuses. dark

We’ve been teased with the ‘real Pepe’ in drips and drabs over his two seasons. Looks like we finally have it.

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