How Arteta's response to Brighton loss may shape Arsenal's next chapter
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is currently reinventing the team's tactical approach following a recent defeat to Brighton. The article explores how Arteta's willingness to take tactical risks has evolved the team's style of play since his 2019 appointment.
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Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Arsenal did not lose by more than a single goal in the Premier League last season
Football tactics correspondent Published 1 hour ago Mikel Arteta has fashioned many versions of Arsenal .
Taking over a side in need of new life in 2019, he won the FA Cup in his first season by playing a defensive style of football, unafraid of using a back five.
As time passed the Gunners played a free-flowing style of attacking football - best seen in 2022 - before creating a side that reduced the variance of a match, maximised control and became physically difficult to compete with.
Having finally won the Premier League title, Arteta is reinventing his side again.
Perhaps freed by having lifted the trophy, we have seen the Spaniard take more gambles in personnel and tactics.
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