{"id":633719,"date":"2024-01-07T06:48:16","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T11:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=633719"},"modified":"2024-01-07T06:48:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T11:48:16","slug":"arsenal-hope-to-beat-liverpool-in-fa-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/01\/07\/arsenal-hope-to-beat-liverpool-in-fa-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Tactical Preview: Arsenal Look To Bounce Back in Fa Cup Tie vs Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This weekend, Arsenal take a break from Premier League action and have their sights on a deep FA Cup run as they take on Liverpool in the 3rd round.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Off a run of back-to-back defeats in the league, including one of their most disappointing performances of the season away at Fulham, Mikel Arteta will hope his side can put on a showing that can spark life back into the Gunners\u2019 season.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How Arsenal Can Defeat Liverpool in the FA Cup<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Play the Strongest Team Possible<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There has been a trend to play second-string teams muddled together in domestic cups as clubs focus on their league form. This would be possible if Arsenal were facing a lower-division team. However, coming up against a Liverpool side amongst their competitors for the Premier League title, they will want to win to prove their worth as we enter the second half of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Gunners struggled for fluency after taking the lead against Fulham in their last league game but need to piece together some of the firepower they showcased last season if they are hoping to compete on all fronts for the rest of this campaign. The attacking trio of Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Jesus and Bukayo Saka will be expecting to start against Jurgen Klopp\u2019s side, and a big performance in the cup could see them kick into gear as they are all struggling to find form.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/01\/05\/arsenal-jorrel-hato-ajax-transfer-stance\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2018It Is Also My Dream\u2019: Arsenal Transfer Target Has Already Given His Opinion On A Potential Move To Emirates Stadium<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">When speaking about his side\u2019s deficiencies in front of goal,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/arseblog.news\/2024\/01\/arteta-last-seasons-attacking-numbers-were-a-one-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arteta stated:<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0\u201cWhen it comes to those spaces, the timing and the definition of the action, it becomes trickier to coach, and certainly to replicate as an action in the game. That\u2019s probably the hardest thing to replicate in football.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Watch<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">: Last Word on Football Looks at why the Premier League Big Six are in danger<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The  Premier League BIG SIX are in EVEN BIGGER DANGER - Here&#039;s Why\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cnDKzhuMbxA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Control Possession and Take the Game to Liverpool<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal started the game at Anfield in electrifying fashion as they took an early lead, but they could not sustain it throughout. Playing in front of their home crowd &#8211; their fans will be expecting them to have more of the ball and create chances after the last few poor showings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">One of the ways the north Londoners could manage the game better is by introducing Jorginho to the starting team. With Oleksandr Zinchenko expected to miss out at left back, the midfield\u2019s technical ability diminishes considerably as the Ukrainian international helps gain control of the ball as he inverts into the middle of the pitch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/01\/04\/ivan-toney-arsenal-chelsea-brentford\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal And Chelsea Target Will Need \u2018Unbelievable\u2019 \u00a3100 Million Bid To \u2018Force The Sale\u2019 Of \u2018Remarkable\u2019 Striker Target<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jorginho would help offset that and allow\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/12\/09\/declan-rice-arsenal-most-valuable-player\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Declan Rice<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0some freedom higher up the pitch. The Englishman was positioned as deep as the centre-halves for periods against Fulham, and that tactically wasn\u2019t very productive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arteta will need his players to play proactively without fear in front of their own crowd if they want to make it into the 4th round of the FA Cup, and he will need his attackers firing as soon as possible if they are to push on strongly in 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, Arsenal take a break from Premier League action and have their sights on a deep FA Cup run as they take on Liverpool in the 3rd round. Off a run of back-to-back defeats in the league, including one of their most disappointing performances of the season away at Fulham, Mikel Arteta will hope [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4865,"featured_media":629626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,8432,16,3],"tags":[3277,896,4372,2489,3554],"class_list":["post-633719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-fa-cup","category-liverpool","category-premier-league","tag-declan-rice","tag-jorginho","tag-mikel-arteta","tag-oleksander-zinchenko","tag-tactical-analysis"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4865"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}