This is the thing - he definitely can do that bc he did that at Leverkusen, especially in plays with Brandt. It’s like his mind-body connection broke, because he doesn’t look comfortable in tight spaces and with close control of the ball, which is a problem right now while we’re so congested centrally. He’s good at finding space and breaking through the lines, but he can’t actually do anything with the ball with that at present… which seems to be what Arteta wants him to do.
This is the thing - he definitely can do that bc he did that at Leverkusen, especially in plays with Brandt. It’s like his mind-body connection broke, because he doesn’t look comfortable in tight spaces and with close control of the ball, which is a problem right now while we’re so congested centrally. He’s good at finding space and breaking through the lines, but he can’t actually do anything with the ball with that at present… which seems to be what Arteta wants him to do.