Not saying we don't need a striker, which we definitely do, but I think even Giroud would be scoring
in front of a midfield lineup of Alexis, Ozil, Xhaka, Mkhitaryan and Cazorla.
So Walcott will partner the in form Spurs striker Harry Kane in
front of a midfield diamond and that should offer him a chance to show his pace, movement and finishing on the big stage.
This resulted in Coutinho becoming frustrated and dropping in to deep areas to receive the ball, as you can see above though the deep positioning from Coutinho simply played in to the hands of Swansea as they were content to allow Liverpool comfortable possession in
front of their midfield line.
Ospina and Cech will look a lot better with top defenders around him and a top defensive midfielder in front of them
If you can't pick Kevin De Bruyne up that is a massive issue and the way in which he plays behind the forward line but in
front of the midfield is an area where it can potentially hurt Arsenal because they don't have that traditional set - up.
If you work hard in
front of our midfield, you will score a decent amount of goals, even if you're not the best finisher out there — just look at Giroud.
Draxler plays up front of midfield
Im okay with giving Wilshere another shot at Ozils position but he hasn't impressed me in
the front of midfield.
McLaren has a sizeable upgrade package scheduled to come in Barcelona, but that's the case every year for every team, so if McLaren wants to leap decisively up to
the front of the midfield, it'll have to hope its upgrades are way, way better than anyone else's.
With Lloyd stepping in at
the front of the midfield trio, that pushed Morgan Brian back into the holding role, but otherwise the shape looked the same.
Against their North London rivals, Arsenal sporadically pressed well but often struggled to close down the spaces in
front of midfield.
Milan simply couldn't deal with the movement of the Arsenal players and in
front of the midfield two was Wilshere, Özil and Mkhitaryan and the movement of Mes and Mkhi on the left caused problems for Milan all night.