Just before halftime there were signs of improvement and Welbeck got a decent chance after good work by him and Ramsey but disaster struck when we somehow managed to concede after having a throw
in near their corner flag and just needing to run the clock down.
Receiving the
ball near the corner flag, Hazard proceeded to cut in, but, instead of taking a shot, he had spotted Dries Mertens making a good run and chose to send it through to the Napoli forward and the assistant, not expecting the pass, tried to recover, and in doing so, embarrassed himself.
Against West Ham he went to intercept a Hammer on the
wing near the corner flag and in a dangerous position for a cross, he closed the player down but whe a West Ham player arrived behind him and an Arsenal player was closing from his right he dropped back to cover the pass to the 2nd West Ham player instead of trying to win the ball.
However, the England international wasn't to be denied as after some smart work from Dele Alli to dispossess Per
Mertesacker near the corner flag, he received the ball on the edge of the box and curled an effort around Gabriel and beyond the outstretched hand of Ospina.
At times liv can have seven midfielders so i think it is important for Sanchez and other side to oftenly get in the
space near corner flag as the wing backs will have to retreat from midfield making five at back but giving us space in the centre of park... Sanchez and hopefully Welbeck / Ox will have to be totally on there game.
Previously, you could only shield the ball in a stationary position (which was useful when
trapped near the corner flag but for little else).
I go back to the day when the reserves played at 3 o'clock on a Saturday and you went to Highbury and waited for the the first team's scores to be updated on the
scoreboards near the corner flag.
The captain showed his frustration five minutes before half - time as he lost the
ball near the corner flag and as the defender cleared his lines Rooney had a sly kick at him that was luckily ignored by referee Lee Probert.