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My brain can t keep up with my body. Is he the strongest supplement to Arsenal s summer window?

1:02pm, 2 September 2025【Football】

In this summer, Arsenal is one of the most active teams in the transfer market: Atletico Madrid leader Berta came to the Emirates Stadium, the Gunners completed eight major signings in one summer, the team's lineup has been upgraded, there is no hope of reconstruction in Manchester City, Chelsea has not yet risen, and Liverpool has not been able to get along well, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this Arsenal is pursuing the championship in recent years to harvest honors.

In the third Premier League game, facing Liverpool, the defending champion of the Premier League last season, Arteta still gave new players a lot of time: Suvimenti continued to receive the order to start and play as the midfielder, with two top engineers guarding Rice and Merino; Maduaike started as the right winger; Saliba ended early due to injury five minutes into the game, and young player Mosquera was ordered to be in danger, but according to Arteta himself, Saliba's body began to feel uncomfortable as early as before the game. Although this substitution was considered a passive substitution, it did not fall out of everyone's expectations.

In the game, the rhythm of the game was also Arteta's favorite. The attacks on both sides were stagnant and could not make smooth transitions. The midfield was strangled by muscles and was broken. But when neither side could play a chance, Arsenal still had a set-piece attack, which was the key to their previous unbeaten 22 games in the BIG6 civil war. Then, with 9 corner kicks in the whole game, the Gunners were killed by Sobosloy's Full Moon Scimitar and died on the set-piece.

However, for Arsenal, this negative game method is also a self-destructive skill in another sense. While locking Liverpool's offensive end, the Gunners' own offense was also locked.

In fact, in the entire positional battle stage, the only player Arsenal can play some tricks by holding the ball is Maduaike, who bought a lot of money this summer: he can open up space for him, and he can find Kolkz one-on-one, whether it is cutting inward or falling down, he can give himself enough space. When Martinelli cannot play an advantage on the left, Maduaike has become Arsenal's tactical fulcrum. During the recovery stage of the entire team, the Gunners also needed Maduaike to pull back significantly, using explosive power and first touch to help the team complete the promotion task.

Admittedly, in this game, Maduaike did not perform well. After all, Chelsea fans are still clear about his shortcomings: after completing the breakthrough in the positional battle stage, the Englishman's pass choice has always been a bit eye-catching, and the next connection after the breakthrough is not smooth, which makes it difficult for him to radiate his advantage to the entire team after creating space for himself. Opposite him, Liverpool's new player Korkz is not a good player. Behind him are Van Dijk and Kornat cooperate to make up for defense. Korkz does not need to keep sinking and retreating on the defensive end. He can lead a large forward to limit Maduaike's second start-up speed.

However, in the Gunners' second strong dialogue, Maduaike's performance was still amazing enough. Compared with Suvimenti and Zhekeray, who joined the Iberian Peninsula, Maduaike has experience in the Premier League and can adapt to the physical confrontation and game rhythm here. Unlike the overseas strong players who come to invest at high prices, the lower limit of the British local teenagers will never be too bad.