This article is part of Football FanCast's The Chalkboard series, which provides a tactical insight into teams, players, managers, potential signings and more… Arsenal will face Aston Villa this weekend and the Gunners simply have to deploy Nicolas Pepe as a winger instead of a striker. On the chalkboard At 2-0 up against Watford last weekend, Arsenal were almost home and dry. After the break, though, the Hornets took the game to their opponents and ended up registering 31 shots in total as they clawed their way back to a 2-2 draw. While the Gunners did find themselves in the ascendancy early on, it was more down to Pierre-Emerick Aubayemang's clinical finishing rather than the...
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