3. Where Is The Arsenal Leader On The Pitch?
Can anyone imagine an Arsenal team containing the likes of Adams, Vieira, Petit or even Keown conceding such soft away goals so early in such a big match? The lack of a leader on the pitch continues to be Arsenals Achilles heel and Arsene Wengers failure to address it could be seen as his biggest fault. Wenger will no doubt argue that lengthy injuries to both Jack Wilshere and Abou Diaby, who could both play this pivotal role with a lengthy run in the team, havent helped but even so the Arsenal soft underbelly has been targeted for a while by opponents both at home or visiting the Emirates. There is also the argument that there are very few top quality on the pitch leaders in World football today but Arsenal have found them before to be successful and need to do so again.