He provides the defence with the assurance that he'll come out of his area to clear things up, regardless of how high their defensive line is. (footballwhispers.com)
If Arsenal players can keep their distances short to play short passes, confident to play with high defensive line and work as a team, I think we will see a good football from them. (justarsenal.com)
I'll be the first to admit counter attacking football and Arsenal should go together like cookies and cream but ever since the invicibles teams have refused adamantly to play high defensive lines against us and counters do not work if the opposition has a defensive 5 or 6 set up near the edge of their box when you finally get the ball up there. (justarsenal.com)