Rich wrote:
Injuries hurt us in that game. With a fit squad there would have been 2-3 attacking subs to see out the game.
On the one hand, yes, if he'd had a full bench he would have brought on Martinelli etc to replace the forwards, for sure.
On the other hand, he had Nwaneri and Nørgaard but instead brought on a defender and we fell back into a defensive laager. So I don't know if that was forced by the quality on the bench, or is just the way Arteta thinks we should defend a lead with a few minutes remaining.
The problem with the late defensive sub is no one remembers all the time you did it and saw out the win, they’ll always remember the time you concede and drop points.
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