Arteta must never start Arsenal duo together again

Like this, Arsenal won his first victory in the Champions League.

The three points are ultimately what matters most, but it would be fair to say that the Michael Arta team was not at its best against Bilbao’s athlete this evening.

North London residents got their targets through Gabriel Martinily and Lindro Troced, but even the Brazilian home in the 72nd minute, they were disappeared.

Many players will have to raise their game for the next match, but Arteta must also make some changes, in particular, no longer play two specific stars together.

Amazing Arsenal stars

Now, it should be said that while we believe that many Arsenal beginners did not make strong offers today, none of them were terrible.

After all, the Gunners team was the best side and finally deserved all the three points.

However, it was one of those who started the game that did not fully light it was Viktor Gyokeres.

There were moments in which the Swedish international showed his ability, whether by drafting the ball for his teammates or making a few good -time runs, but that was largely.

His job is to put the ball in the back of the network, and it ended up losing some opportunities, including a head in the first half and then another per second.

Moreover, his statistics do not make beautiful reading, as he passed only six passes in 65 minutes, and took three shots from the goal of his time, which was on the goal, and officially lost two great chances.

The monster born in Stockholm was not the only attacker to spend the night of forgetting.

Eberechi Eze also struggled to get a lot of influence in Bilbao, as he came out in the 71st minute with expected aid of 0.11, only 19 complete passes and did not take a single shot.

However, while summer signatures are rewarded for influencing the top, there was a more important problem elsewhere in the team, a problem caused by the ARTETA pair should not start again.

The arsenal duo that should not start again

While Gabriel Maglis and Mustaerra Christian again showed ARTETA why they could be incredible conjugation tonight, Declan Rice and Mikel Merino vice versa.

Now the English is a global midfielder undoubtedly and has been one of the best players in Gunners since joining the club in 2023.

Likewise, the Spaniard proved his benefit during the past year or so, but the manager needs to stop playing in the midfield together, especially when Martin Zobimi is at the base.

The reasons that make it relatively clear: they do not provide sufficient threat to the attack, and sometimes it can be exposed to ingenious ingenuity.

For example, the pair produced a joint expected assistance number of 0.20 and the personality of the expected goals combined only 0.05, which were all of the former Sociedad Ace.

Although there was only one shot on the goal between them and one great opportunity created, these scales are not surprising.

In addition to the lack of creativity and attacking the trend, the conjugation was loose in a frustrating way with possession.

Within 96 minutes of movement, they lost the ball 25 times amazing, as Captain West Ham United lost it 13 times and the star of La Roja 12.

It is not surprising, given their average shows, the couple only received the classification of the 5/10 match from the Sunua Hall, which you feel about the right.

Ultimately, Arsenal deserved the winners tonight and could go to Wednesday’s match in good spirits, but some changes still have to be made, and one of them no longer played Mirino and rice in the same midfield.