Inside Arsenal’s new plan of attack: Why they changed their approach, the inspiration from Noni Madueke and Eberechi Eze – and how they will ease the burden on Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard

It was a welcome change for Gabriel Martinelli, and a snapshot in the way Arsenal has changed for the best this season.

Faced with Athletic Bilbao Andoni Gorosabel, Martinelli encountered a choice – back down, as he did too often, or go there. He chose the latter, broke out forward at the signature and reduced the ball for Leandro Trossard to do it 2-0.

Too many times last season, Martinelli would have recycled the ball with caution after being confronted with the defender. Maybe it was supported by the confidence of having put Arsenal at Arsenal that night in Bilbao, barely 36 seconds after leaving the bench. Or maybe it was a response to the warning shot sent by men starting before him this season.

The arrivals of Noni Madueke and Ebechi Eze added a new dimension to the attacking threat of Arsenal, these wingers are much happier to take their defenders and to go to the signature.

In the current artillery system, it seems that passivity means falling into hierarchical order. Now Martinelli must embody the emergency and attack the expected assault of the wide men of Arsenal.

For the second goal of the Gunners against Nottingham Forest on Saturday, Eze, crossing the left canal, received the Riccardo Calafiori balloon above and let it bounce before crossing the ball, the first time, for Viktor Gykerres to knock at home.

Gabriel Martinelli led to Athletic Bilbao complete Andoni Gorosabel Tuesday evening and produced a decisive pass for Leandro Trossard

Noni Madueke brought a deductible that is well necessary for the attack on Arsenal this season

And his new boy Ebelechi Eze also showed his skills as a dribble

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Earlier in the match, Madueke by effort by effortless Dan Ndoye, driving hard to the signature and running towards the nearby post before his Dragback to Jurrien Timber was desperately eliminated by Forest.

Arsenal dribbles more than last season: they have an average of 18.3 dribbles per game in all competitions in the previous campaign, which has already jumped at 19.8.

In the Premier League last season, Martinelli attempted 100 dribbles – more than any other arsenal player – with a success rate of 33%, which put it well below the most prolific dribblers of the elite.

The Kudus Mohammed of West Ham (195 attempts at dribbles, 47.2% success) and Jeremy Doku from Manchester City (177 dribbles attempts, 60.5% of success) ranked the highest. Malueke is on the right track for Blitz Martinelli – if he continues his current trajectory, he will try 124 taken at a success rate of 53.9%.

Everything indicates a team trying to be more direct and the different game styles of Madueke and Eze. It gives arsenal options. Arsenal has long supported Bukayo Saka, and to a lesser extent, Martin Odegaard, to attack magic and to break down low blocks. But Arteta now has a plethora of options at his disposal.

The initiates said Daily Mail Sport This arsenal seeks to be more unpredictable with their first line this season. Too often, last year, they came across prints, unable to obtain this winning goal. Madueke and Martinelli can play on one or the other side, Eze has the ability to play in different positions, while Trossard adds a different element of the bench. It is understood that these players will turn more through positions throughout the season, so opponents are faced with a fight to prepare.

A more direct style is also suitable for a more traditional n ° 9 in Gyokerres, which attacks the box while waiting for this ball through the six -meter line as against the forest, and not ending to link the game.

In the first half on Tuesday, Arteta shouted at Eze to move wider rather than cutting. Touch Maps (below) show how Eze moved to a wider position in the second period, further hugging the key line and allowing Mikel Merino, Declan Rice and Martin Zubimennddi in midfielder in Mikes three to operate.

Eze sometimes derived the inner field during the first half in Bilbao, but he embraced the left touch line in the second in Arteta’s instruction

Eze remaining wide borne fruit for the second goal of Arsenal against Nottingham Forest last week, clinging to the long ball and the square of Riccardo Calafiori for Viktor Gyokerres to mark to mark

Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard had been invoked to dig arsenal of a hole in the creative department – but finally they have help

Eze could possibly become one of the three fields of field, but when he is a wide man, Arteta clearly wants that he remains wide. Man in England was initially examined this summer with the role No. 10 in mind, because there was an uncertainty as for whether Ethan Nwaneri would sign a new contract. After the 18 -year -old agreed, the interest in Eze died, but when Kai Havertz was injured and that Arsenal needed more attack options, she was relaunched.

Eze has only worked in the width left since his emotional return to his childhood club, but sources of Arsenal said Daily Mail Sport That he is still in Arteta’s thoughts as an option no 10. He has the dynamism to face players and play Killer passes, and if Odegaard has not returned from his shoulder injury to face Manchester City on Sunday, Eze could well be the key to unlocking the defense of Pep Guardiola.

And Arteta has a shape to make the most of a player via a position switch. Look at Havertz and Merino: the two were signed to play as “ eight eight ”, but have become surprisingly prolific attackers in the second half of their beginnings.

So, Eze’s position is not yet fixed – although the Arsenal attack approach is definitively wide. As Martinelli discovered it, the franchise and the fearlessness are not negotiable for the wingers of Arteta – otherwise, a place on the bench awaits.