We touched on this in the Everton instant reaction pod but some points on why I think Arsenal struggle to score enough goals. https://www.patreon.com/posts/50401054 

When you look at the goals Arsenal score, most of them are well constructed and you can see the work on the training ground that has gone into choreographing them. That’s fine but the problem is that they’re the only type of goals Arsenal really score.

Remember Tierney’s goal against West Brom? What really sticks out is how *unusual* an Arsenal goal it was. Tierney cutting in on his right foot and lamping it into the top corner was clearly not planned but it was the right thing in the moment.

Arsenal rarely score goals like this. They rarely get deflected goals or goals that feel inevitable as pressure is built and a lot of this us due to the failure to build pressure effectively.

Nobody in the league takes longer to get the ball into the final third than Arsenal. This issue is amplified because when the opposition does clear the ball, it takes an age to get it back and put them back under pressure. (Partey was bought to help solve this)

So the gap between attacks is large and defenders aren’t stressed enough. Good teams pen their opponents in and even when the ball is hacked clear, they pick the clearances up and are immediately back in the opposition area. Wijnaldum had this specific job for Liverpool.

Ultimately that’s why Arsenal shoot illusory dominance and why they struggle to score goals at home, where teams sit in more. You have to try to stress them with movement, drag them around and make them mentally and physically tired.

The issue under Emery was the lack of a clear idea. It’s much easier to see Arteta’s idea- it’s just that, imo, that idea has a very definite ceiling unless you’re Manchester City and you have all of the best attackers and creators.