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Alla Zakarian
09-12-2018 | 20:18 • Football
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Martin Keown explains why the Alexandre Lacazette & Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang partnership failed
Arsenal struggled to find a net of Huddersfield before the 83th minute of the game, when Lucas Torreira scored a goal with overhead kick.
Arsenal legend Martin Keown explained why Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette failed to fire against Huddersfield.
He said: "Arsenal found a way to win. They didn’t seem to be able to find a way to get out, we know they like to pass the ball out from the back, but often it was the keeper kicking it long.
"They played with two strikers, Lacazette and Aubameyang and you think that would form a good partnership but not if you've not got the creativity in wide positions. There was no one really looking for the ball.
"The two strikers were basically looking in on the game and not taking part and in the final third they couldn’t find the necessary passes.
"Credit the manager, this is where I think he’s different class, he recognises 'I need more creativity on the pitch' and 'I wants Mkhitaryan and Iwobi in those little areas'.
"Guendouzi then has options, they can get forward in those little pockets and that’s when these two show that imagination. All it was was a change in personnel, wide players coming into central positions and then offering that little bit extra."
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