Arsenal’s defeat at the hands of Liverpool on Wednesday night highlighted that Mikel Arteta needs to rotate the attack. Nicolas Pepe must start in the Gunners’ next Premier League fixture against Aston Villa.
Bukayo Saka has been magnificent for Arsenal in recent matches, but his tiredness against Liverpool was clear to see. He showed his quality in glimpses, but the tight turnaround in games has come at a bad time.
Martin Odegaard and the youngster have been the Gunners’ best players in attack in the last few weeks. But, with three games being played in the space of six days, it would be almost impossible to expect them to keep up the same levels they had been showing.
