1) If the essence of football is to exploit the weaknesses of your opponent and exemplify your own strengths, Arsenal and Manchester United might well be relegation candidates. The visitors have been making comical defending an art form for long enough to open their own dedicated gallery, relying on individual brilliance in attack to spare them. The hosts are much the opposite, with their solid foundations at the back too often let down by profligacy when it matters. So quite how Arsenal made United look inherently dangerous and a regular attacking threat while creating little to nothing themselves, while United allowed Arsenal to produce their best defensive performance of the season in contrast to their general panic, is a mystery. It sounds like a contradiction precisely because it is. These are two particularly confusing and confused sides. That game, and these two teams are so bad it doesn’t deserve 16 conclusions from @F365 — Joeweston (@joeweston) September 30, 2019
