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Tactics Column: System failure as Arsenal try to press

One thing was clear as Arsenal were overrun by Chelsea on Sunday: the left flank was a problem. Both Chelsea goals came from Reece James having the freedom of Islington afforded to him. And Arsenal were fortunate to only pay for it twice. The question is, what happened and why did the team fail to find a solution? Though there's a temptation to look at individual players — social media was full of opinions on Sunday, with people seemingly believing either Bukayo Saka didn't track back like he should have, Kieran Tierney was too narrow, or Granit Xhaka should've done more to help — the issues all stemmed from a bad system. That's not to say any of those individuals, or any of the...
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