To be honest we have 18 goals and 11 big chances, it means that we have scored goals off penalties and deflections and have been significantly luckier. This is not sustainable…. If I was Arteta I would be worried that we are lacking firepower in the striker department and our reliable creative players aren’t delivering as they used to. Odegaard and Saka haven’t been the force they were last season. In fact our players aren’t in top 10 in goals scored and assists.
Defensively we are solid now… but come January transfer season, he needs to add some power to the frontline.
This may sound unpopular and I am no way shitting on the manager or the team, just a stat that I am trying to wrap my head around…. Happy to be change my mind.
It’s true and it’s getting harder for fans here to remain in denial. Even last season we didn’t create chances at near the rate City. But it was much better than this season. We simply have been poor at converting possession to chances. The primary issue is that our midfield lacks balance imo. There’s no one that contributing in creating chances from midfield. Partey has hardly played, That isn’t really Rice’s game, Havertz and Odegaard do nothing on ball except shoot and play first time passes backwards or sideways. We have no progressive passer in midfield.