Arsenal beat Wolves 2-0 to open their 2024–25 Premier League account. Although the game has garnered much attention, it’s becoming clear that Bukayo Saka and Kai Havertz could emerge as the league’s most comprehensive and well-rounded attacking duo. Arsenal won thanks to their combined efforts.
The duo had an outstanding performance in Arsenal’s 2-0 victory over Wolves. Bukayo Saka set up Kai Havertz’s first-half goal with a wonderful cross, then scored a remarkable goal for himself in the second half when Havertz fed him the ball in the 74th minute, beating the Wolves custodian with a crisp drive.
Anyway, it wasn’t just the goals that demonstrated their bond. The synergy between Havertz and Saka was evident from the start; their interchanges caused issues, and it appears that a partnership is blossoming that did not exist last season. This pairing, which will only improve with time, will surely add a new dimension to Mikel Arteta’s assault.
Arsenal needs to be clinical and brutal, which is only possible if on-field connections flourish. The hope is that Gabriel Martinelli will stop complicating things and join Havertz and Saka in the party as the most dangerous attacking combination the Premier League has seen.
We referred to the BBC (Gareth Bale, Kareem Benzema, and Cristiano Ronaldo) and MSN (Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, and Neymar) as the attacking trios that ruled in the 2010s. Why can’t we, in the future, talk about the SHM (Saka, Havertz, and Martinelli) as an attacking trio that runs the show in the 2020s?
If Martinelli pulls up his socks, Saka and Havertz are going to make our days this season, if their coordinated performance on Saturday is any indication.
What do you think?
Darren N
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Martinelli has a choice making problem! He needs to mature that part of his game,when to release a simple pass or 1-2 move,instead he still relies on his raw pace and youthful exuberance,not bad assets but you can’t rely on that for ever. Saka has made the transition,maybe he can assist Martinelli going forward.
Completely agree.Personally I think Trossard is a more talented player and far better in front of goal.Martinelli is a bit like a wound-up toy at times.Lots of energy but his decision making can be poor.
Our right wing is more lively because Havertz/ Odegaard tend to rotate their positions with Saka and White overlaps with Saka from time to time
Rice very rarely rotates with Martinelli and Zinchenko rarely overlaps with Martinelli because of Zinchenko’s inverted LB role
Arteta’s tactics also tend to overload the left wing, to open up the space on the right wing
I’m more concerned with Saka’s inconsistency at getting past the opposition’s LB and at keeping the ball
How can you be more concerned about Saka? Im sure you are on Martinelli’s pay role !!!!
Saka has been getting a lot of one-on-one opportunities because of Arteta’s left overload tactics, but he’s rarely able to dribble past the opposition’s LB
i must say i don’t recognise this ‘left overload tactics’, the opposite being true if anything
Because gotanidea will do anything to defend martinelli. usually chucked a giroud comment in also
Arteta is bringing in Merino and Calafiori exactly to address Arsenal’s leftside
in the first have of the Leverkusesn game we saw Havertz start as left attacking midfield in waht seemed a very deliberate partnership with Trossard and Zinc, replicating the Odegaard/Saka/White triangle, and it worked really well
Havertz won’t play there but shows it can be done, i can see Merino stepping in to that left attacking midfield with Martinelli/Trossard on the wing and Calafiori stepping up from left back to form a similar partnership
Based on Merino’s YouTube highlights, he is better than Xhaka/ Havertz/ Rice in tight spaces
I think we’ll see more goals from Merino instead of our LW
GOI you’re concerned about arguably the best right winger in the world?? The guy doesn’t have to beat the LB to be effective going by his superb assist to Havertz.
If you actually watch Arsenal matches, you’ll notice most times Saka is double teamed,sometimes there are three players on him. That’s how much teams respect him. Left with just one player marking him,not many can stop. I can only think of Ake.
Think Martineli is trying a little too hard, but he earns the capital to make amends.
He was the first of the bunch of Arsenal youngsters, that sign on to the project, it didn’t gave his agent much room as he only needed a pen to sign on the dotted lines.
Martinelli is under constant scrutiny at the moment, and fairly so. There are team reasons why he is not so effective, but that said it’s not the total reason. He needs to synchronize the speed of his feet with his brain. Too many times he seems he runs into dead end situations and when he doesn’t his end product, whether it be a pass or a shot, is poor. Saka is slower (marginally) but quicker of thought and more deliberate in his football.
Or perhaps this is where we should look to get a new signing…the fact that Arteta was considering Mudryk tells me he’s not sold on Martinelli. And Trossard is well,a stop gap who doesn’t quite fit the profile the manager wants there.
Why not try some young ppl. Martinelli is not there … He cannot make right decision… He is too focusing on the ball and can see ppl in 5 feet only. He is not really controlling the ball, too worry, too rush…
I have to say that Martinelli is just that.. Martinelli.
He’s not Saka, Trossard or Jesus and he should not be compared.
Under MA, our right hand side has always been stronger than the left hand side and Martinelli also has, most of the time, two players around him at any given time.
I believe that, come the end of the transfer window, MA will have addressed the left side and that’s when we will see Martinelli show his full potential.
Timber /Califiori, Merino and Martinelli looks as good as White, Rice and Saka to me, with Trossard as back up to Saka and Martinelli.
By the way, Mudryk plays on the right, so, unless MA was thinking of switching Saka over, I don’t see that Mudryk was going to replace Martinelli anyway.
Mudryk has played 94.7% of his career as a left winger mate. Quick google search can confirm that for you mate.
I’m talking about his time at chelsea in the PL – do a quick Google search on that statistic and let me know that percentage Liam.
I didn’t get why Martinelli started over Trossard, still don’t and why should he have done?
Trossard is the best finisher in the team, Martinelli is probably the worst. Don’t get it.