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'Are you ready to follow 30 passes?': Mikel Arteta defends low possession vs Man City

ArsenalFC.com

 had just 28% possession of the ball in the 0-0 draw with 

 as both sides settled for a point each. 

Despite enjoying greater possession, Man City failed to get on the target; even 

Although the dropped points could prove costly in the Premier League title race, 

 has insisted having low possession is not necessarily a bad thing against Man City. 

, the boss said after the game: "Clarity, before the game: are you ready to follow 30 passes? 

"And after following the ball 30 passes, lose the ball and follow another 30 passes? 

"Yes, then you can play Manchester City. 

"It’s very important – if you are not ready to do that, you cannot play against them."

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Arteta always has a dose ready to be served to media and pundits. 

1 point is huge for us and it has kept us above Manchester City. 

Kudos to the Gaffer.

McVince Ⓜ

Gud David

Sorry,if I'm being honest but, you're not really making any sense with this write up. what exactly are you trying to say? keep it comprehensive and reasonable.

MORL

Apparently, you are either lazy and lack interest in long write ups or not capable of comprehending information. I have tried to draw comparisons from a similar game last season where Arsenal had the larger possession, yet lost 3-1 to Mancity. 
I am making reference to a transitional process from just playing without creating chances or not converting them to a season where it appears that we have grown beyond the fancy play into a team that grinds our results even if it means sharing one point with low possession stat. I believe we gained from playing with Porto, they used the same tactics against us in the first leg. I hope this is short and clear enough.

T-wai

Arteta is beginning to develop his game management plan. If we ran after 30 passes, we may as well kiss the EPL trophy goodbye. 

This is from last season
"We have now won our last 11 Premier League games against Arsenal and our last seven games at the Emirates in all competitions. Pep Guardiola has won eight of his nine matches against Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal in all competitions and his former assistant has beaten every other team in the Premier League apart from City. With the title race still in our hands, Guardiola will hope the extraordinary streak will continue when the Gunners come to the Etihad Stadium."

That was the record that city and Pep had against Arsenal before our first match last season.

Now to the interesting part. After our first game with city, the media had this to say:
So often City dominate possession but  they had just 36.5% possession at the Emirates.
The figure was 41% at half-time but we saw even less possession in the second half with just 32%.

Source:https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/arsenal-1-3-city-stats-of-the-match-63812141

That is how much we have learnt, grown and evolved as a team. There is absolutely no need to keep possession then lose a title defining game. Kudos to all the boys, the coaching staff and every travelling supporter that kept lifting their spirit. We are bigger this season and we can see the little progresses we have made.

Player		G
Erling Haaland	Man City	25
Cole Palmer	Chelsea	21
Alexander Isak	Newcastle	20
Ollie Watkins	Aston Villa	19
Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	18

'Are you ready to follow 30 passes?': Mikel Arteta defends low possession vs Man City

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