ARSENAL were dealt yet another blow in the Premier League title race on Sunday. Despite taking the lead at Stamford Bridge, the Gunners were pegged back and had to settle for a 1-1 draw with Chelsea. Gabriel Martinelli fired in from a tight angle to break the deadlock on the hour mark.
But ten minutes later, Pedro Neto let fly and squeezed his shot into the bottom corner. Arsenal squandered big chances to nick all three points - but instead could not fully capitalise on Manchester City's shock defeat at Brighton. And the draw left both Arsenal and Chelsea on 19 points - nine behind early pace-setters Liverpool.
But what did we learn about both sides and how did the managers cancel each other out? SunSport's tactics guru Dean Scoggins revealed all on the latest episode of Tactics Exposed ...
Marc Cucurella kept Bukayo Saka very quiet in the Euros final - and he did it again at Stamford Bridge on Sunday because he had a very good plan. First of all, it's how he attacked him - he went in, he was very physical, he hit him very, very hard. FOOTBALL FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALS But he did it really quickly as Saka received the ball, not after he received it when he likes to touch the ball in field.
Cucurella was already there and that meant Saka was taking the ball where he didn't want to go. Also, the Spaniard's starting position saw him occupy an inside lane, a narrow position which allowed Saka to have the space on the outside, effectively saying, 'Let's have a race.' Romeo Lavia.
