3 positives and negatives from the 5-0 demolition of Wolves

#3 Positive: A clean sheet

The perfect supporting act to scoring five goals is not conceding any at the other end of the pitch. And today, we did just thIndeed, that Wolves are not the most potent team in attack, in fact, they haven’t been for many years now, but a clean sheet is a clean sheet nonetheless. Arteta deployed Thomas Partey and Jakub Kiwior in full-back positions again in this match, and perhaps this result suggests that it can work both offensively and, most importantly, defensively.

We were extremely effective in all phases of the game.

#3 Negative: Bittersweet victory

Given the events of the last few weeks, and the defeat suffered by Manchester City, there is an underlying feeling of what if?

What if we were able to show this kind of performance against Southampton and West Ham? Of course, it should be mentioned that had Pep Guardiola’s City needed a win against Brentford, they likely would have been successful – but we needed to be there just in case they didn’t.

Unfortunately, we were unable to do that, so ultimately this victory was in vain, but we enjoyed it nevertheless.

Attention must now turn to rectifying our mistakes ahead of next season and improving in the transfer window.