Herrera is more productive in deeper position,
making late runs into the box, but his combative nature will help beef up United's midfield.
One of the latest of these,
making a late run into the box as it were, is the Everton and Republic of Ireland midfielder James McCarthy.
In the preseason it looked like Wenger was trying to use some different variations, with Elneny
making those late runs into the box for some of the corners.
He strength is playing central when he can
make late runs into the box.
Alongside Granit Xhaka, Aaron Ramsey had a big influence on the game as
he made late runs into the box and had the license to bomb forward and cause problems.
Santi Cazorla had
made a late run into the box, and slotted the ball into the corner.
Not exact matches
For example, against Pullis type teams we may want Ramsey who will
make the penetrating
late runs into the
box against a team that sits back and defends, we may want to start with Ramsey against a team like Chelsea to get the 1st goal but then Coquelin coming on to sit and defend while relying on long passes from Xhaka and the threat from our tank Seo and Bellerin / Ox... More counter attacking.
Was in trouble early on, as he collected a yellow card for a
late challenge on Ashley Young, but he looked lively and
made a couple of exciting
runs into the
box, and defended well.
The 20 - year - old
made the type of
late run into the
box which
made Frank Lampard a Stamford Bridge hero to convert Cesar Azpilicueta's cross and give the Blues a 26th - minute lead against Aston Villa.