Sunday, December 22, 2024

Reading 1-2 Arsenal: 3 Things We Learnt

Arsenal Still Struggle To Focus

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Reading were the better team at Wembley- fact. What’s also a fact is that Arsenal should not have struggled how they did. Against a side 18th in the second-tier of English football, the Gunners should have swept aside the Royals- but they didn’t.

Part of this is because Arsenal crumbled under the pressure of being the favourites and struggled to settle. That’s something we will have to get over for the FA Cup final against Villa, where we will be the favourites again, as well as into next season.

Focus on the task that’s in hand- not on what could go wrong. Arsenal looked out of sorts at the weekend, struggling to find their rhythm. This clinical issue must be evaded in future.

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