West Ham United seems to have figured out how to defend against Arsenal. Arteta's lineup, formation, tactics, and especially his substitutions have become quite predictable. Arsenal made a mistake in their formation, and West Ham took advantage of it, mercilessly defeating them. Arsenal's performance was very poor, and they were slow in their build-up to attack. West Ham strategically had many defenders in the middle, making it extremely difficult for Arsenal to score.
Arsenal literally struggled around west ham yesterday, they literally couldn't penetrate the defense line of west ham, even after the first goal in the first half where I was beginning to think it will cause Arsenal to be awakened and want to win but they were still slow and didn't do any better regardless.
Arsenal penetrated it many times but it kept failed to score. Martinelli, saka or even other attack of arsenal have been trying so hard to score but their efforts were totally useless. caused by westham was not only putting defenders on its defensive line but it was also putting the big wall.
Look at how goal keeper of westham was always blocking any shoot that came from arsenal. Saka, martinelli or even trossard have been trying to do everything to make sure club will not lose three points but we must admit that westham's defensive line is too strong.
West ham now seem to have understood Arsenal so well and did prepared against Arsenal's defense line while theirs was kept intact as well, west Hams victory yesterday was deserving as they did played so well enough to have won that game, this is a valid indication that what happened to Arsenal last season may repeat it self again this season as they may be unable to win the league title after getting to the top a few times, Arteta needs to be a dynamic and not repeating same style and pattern to the point he turns out very much predictable.
So true, the main weakness of club that was playing offensively was low block. By making Arsenal play upfront, it will create an opportunity for West Ham to have an advantage as most of their players will be going up.
By providing additional opportunities, the counterattack has a greater likelihood of achieving success. It's my first time to see that arsenal was very struggling to score even a single goal.
Westham is using big wall to protect the goal keeper.