Arsenal are a team of physical giants again – exactly as Mikel Arteta wanted

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The table-topping side's line-up is full of towering figures and that's very much by design - helping them dominate physically and mentally

A new mural popped up last week in the Highbury area of north London. Adorning a boarded-up corner building on Blackstock Road, a short walk from the club’s Emirates Stadium, it is by the local street artist Northbanksy. , , and are lined up, staring intently and menacingly, silently eyeing up the opposition. It is a strong impression, a moody, monochrome image from the tunnel. Arsenal: The Wall. Blackstock Road, London N5.

But last summer’s additions of Rice and Havertz and the recent promotion of Kiwior at left-back have brought more physical and aerial influence across the team — from defence, through midfield, to attack. Think back to what Arteta said of Rice when he signed. “He’s got the physical qualities we have been missing for a while, and that’s why we had to get him.” And he had this to say on Havertz: “He gives us something very different with his quality and size.” Put simply, Arsenal have got bigger.

 

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