How to Beat Arsenal?

By Kelvin Ng         (Other posts by Kelvin Ng)

Arsenal 1-3 Man Utd Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal. We know that Arsenal is not in their best form now. Liverpool vs Arsenal next. I think this is a big time for Liverpool and also a very good chance to kick Arsenal’s ass off.
I watched Arsenal played against Man Utd and Chelsea, I saw something there, I saw Arsenal’s weak point, maybe you saw it too. Yea, it’s counter attack. Arsenal is too weak to defend the counter attack from their opponents. Man Utd did this twice, Chelsea did it once. I think we need to thank Man Utd and Chelsea about snatching Arsenal’s confidence and they showed us their weak point too.
Liverpool is good in counter attack (perfect if Torres is playing). So if Liverpool plays the good counter attack against Arsenal, I think we can score a lot of goals against them and win them away from home for the 1st time since 1990.
We can’t control the ball against Arsenal, patient will help us, defend well, wait for the opponent to make mistakes on attack, and then start the counter attack. Actually I am pretty sure that Arsenal doesn’t play with patient, if we don’t give them any chance on attacks, I am sure that Gallas and Vermaelen will join the attackers and help the team to attack us. So, they will allow us to start up the counter attack, if we take the chance well, we will score.
Ok, if we really score, we can’t be sure we can win the match. We still have to be patient, Arsenal is 1-0 down, the un-patient Gallas and Vermaelen will set to join the attack again, we defend it well, get the ball, counter attack again. This is the only tactic against Arsenal and it’s also the useful one.
To start up a good counter attack, Rafa has to start Maxi and Aquilani. Maxi with speed, Aquilani with quality set up in attacks. Kuyt running up front and waiting for the damage chances, Gerrard supports up front, Mascherano takes the rebound outside the box, Riera (I don’t know.) Everything depends on the defenders, to win, we have to be very solid in defence, Kyrgiakos banned, so I think Skrtel will replace him.
The last thing is, CHARACTER of the players. The players have to give their 100% for Liverpool, no excuse now. Run more than Arsenal, be more confidence in the 50-50 challenges, be more patient than Arsenal. I am sure we will win if we done these(maybe we need a little luck too).
So, that’s all. And what is your prediction on Arsenal vs Liverpool? My prediction is 2-1 for Liverpool!!!! YNWA. ( Sorry if there’s some GRAMMAR mistakes in my article)