Arsenal’s 5-0 victory over Crystal Palace has changed the mood. It has given Arsenal fans hope that the team will turn things around and end their lengthy quest for a Premier League triumph.
It has hushed sceptics who were ready to continue dismissing their title hopes.
For the Gunners, the triumph was the perfect answer to their previous bad performances.
Raya, speaking to the Mirror, has revealed that they worked on their flaws during the break, and he believes they are back, and he expects they’ll battle for everything. He feels that every team experiences difficulties but finally overcomes them.
“We needed a win like this. Obviously, it was a good break; we trained really hard and focused on the things we had to improve,” said Raya.
“We played a lot of games last month, and it was a nice way for the players and the staff to reconnect, and we showed we are capable of performing at the highest level. It was a moment where we could say, ‘We are here, and we’re ready to fight for everything.’
“Every team goes through bad periods in a season, and we went through a tricky period, but we got our feeling back, and this was our response.
“When you are playing two games every week, you don’t get much time on the training ground. We used the camp to train in the way we always train, but with a little more time. It was massive for us to win, to get back on track, and to get back to scoring goals at home.”
He also stated that they have found a means to deal with their struggles in front of goal, hinting at their intention to be efficient by sharing the goals across the team by everyone looking to put the ball in the back of the net.
“We have quality players all over the pitch, and anybody can score, as we saw against Palace. Everybody can contribute to goals, from me to the strikers, and that’s a good way of thinking,” added Raya.
The 5-0 victory over Palace provides an excellent basis for Raya and his teammates to build on and hopefully they will!
Sam P
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I want another emphatic win in Nottingham
OT: Marseille are trying to sign Tavares permanently, but Nottingham Forest still want to keep him till the end of the season
I think Arsenal will sell all their overlapping LBs in the summer and keep using the inverted-LB tactics, if Arteta survives this season
It looks like you haven’t seen his right foot in action!
I liked him as an attacker, because his weaker foot is quite adept. But nobody converted him to a winger
Gai, If you ask me a wise coach would at least keep one overlapping left back for the purpose of dynamism and tactical twick.
Take a leaf from PepG book, at a time Kyle Walker wasn’t relevant again because he was naturally a strong overlaping right back but over time the coach has found a way to use him. A good coach shouldn’t be too predictable.
A win comfortable win at NForest where we lost last season will speak volume on the Dubia positive effects on the players.
I agree. But Walker has been playing inverted-RB this season, as White has been doing for us
OT.
Sam P.
Don’t you think Edu and Carrick in particular him who is a lawyer. Should both be asked to explain, what job have they done for Arsenal, to not have inserted a recall clause into the loan deal that they made to loan Nuno Tavares to Nottm For last summer window?
Now that Olyimpique Marssle want to buy Tavares this window, and Arsenal are open to selling him to them. But Nottm For are puling haywire saying they’ll keep Tavares till June when his loan deal with them expired.
But what kind of a loizn out job have Edu and Carrick done for Arsenal in this regard if Nottm For succeed to block Arsenal from selling Tavares ti OM this window?
This season is beginning to look a sorry season for the Gunners. Many may disagree with me but I cannot fathom how Arteta is not selling Nketiah and others to buy a striker in this very January window. Arteta is a mixture of crazy and conservative. Crazy in signing for 65 million….Mr Ordinary….Havertz, and conservative in not having the baubles to sell Nketiah, especially when there are buyers. Plan A Arteta is too conservative/scared to make clear and necessary changes. It’s sad because we have been found out…double up on Saka and Martinelli and the goals dry up if teams play a low, deep block. In general this season has been a 💤💤💤💤💤💤 bore-fest. If things don’t change the stay as they are.
The primary problem at least initially imo is that the link up play is simply way too slow without Xhaka and especially Partey getting the ball into the attacking third and thus allowing the defences to easily double Saka and Martinelli. I believe Eddie should have been sold and also Nelson if he wasn’t/isn’t going to be in MA’s long-term plan.