In this edition of the Tactics Board, Stephen Bradley returns to recap a rather eventful few weeks for Arsenal Football Club, in his own intuitive style.

He goes over just what went wrong in Arsenal’s 2-1 home defeat to Brighton, then illustrates the changes Mikel Arteta made in their 3-1 victory over Manchester United to make the Gunners both better, and worse.
The words ‘left back’ and ‘Xhaka’ feature heavily.