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#2 Meaningful possession
Like we said earlier, Emery declared that possession was one of his philosophy’s principles. But what he forgot to do was to distinguish what type of possession, as any team in the world can keep the ball at the back.
He tried to implement this through to play out from the back, however, this was something the Spaniard couldn’t coach into the team. After a few mistakes in the build-up, Emery completely abandoned that and opted for a more cautious approach, this, in turn, led to either more turnovers or u-shaped passing. Arteta has come in and placed an increased focus on dominating the ball in short bursts with a purpose.
It could be clearly heard from his first few training sessions on Arsenal.com, the Spaniard was demanding his players to make angles for each other, thus giving the player on the ball more options. This negates the need to go long and engage in aerial duels that will probably be lost.
Since Arteta took over Arsenal, the Gunners have averaged less possession than Emery but played 30% more forward passes. Emery averaged 58.26% possession in the last 5 games and didn’t win a single one, while Arteta has averaged 50.15% and is unbeaten in 4 out of 5 games.
