FT. 0-1. Not a good performance at all against an injury-plagued Fulham team, but an important 3 points. I'm so glad we have such an elite defensive structure because I was confident we could see the game out after scoring. I think Fulham only had one attempt on goal in the final 40 minutes, so that tells you something. And they had 0 on target. Leno made some top saves, but I really did think our finishing left a lot to be desired. That was a top performance from Saka, though. I know he didn't get on the scoresheet or an assist, but he led by example. Won 14 duels, won lots of fouls, carried the ball well, terrorised Sessegnon and was pushing us up the pitch. Top display from Starboy . Gyokeres...I don't want to get on his back, but he should have scored today. That wasn't a great performance. His confidence in front of goal is clearly lacking right now. So he really needs to get a goal by any means possible soon. However, don't want to focus on the negatives tonight - that was an important win at a ground we've struggled at the past few seasons. We're back to top of the league . Last season, we took 1/9 points from Fulham (A), West Ham (H) and Newcastle (A). This season, we've taken 9/9 points. We can continue our momentum from before the international break and keep churning out wins. Onto Atletico on Tuesday .
Wasn't a classic performance, but the result is what counts Credit to Trossard too, who some people wanted sold in the summer. He always pops up with important goals and is a very valuable member of our squad.
It's funny at the start of last Season we started playing in a different more defensive style - at the time I thought that was just because we were missing Odegaard. But now it's clear Arteta plans to use that for much of the Season. He doesn't setup this way very game just depends on the opposition. If it wins us the league than great .. but also its bit sad were no longer playing the attacking football we played 23/24.
