The manner in which Arsenal scored their goals away at Manchester City this weekend was fitting. Thomas Partey's quick-thinking freed Gabriel Martinelli to set up Riccardo Calafiori's equaliser and Gabriel took full advantage of Kyle Walker's feeble attempts to mark him at a corner.
Arsenal have become more cynical as they have become more competitive in five years under Arteta. A key part of their evolution has been a growing sense that they come to games looking to play on their terms, whether they have the ball or not.
Freddie Ljungberg, Arsenal's interim head coach, outlined Arsenal's issues compared to City, saying: 'What we can learn is that we got done again in transitions, but if you look at City, when we countered them, they took five yellow cards... we need to take those fouls.'
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