ARSENAL have been outscored by Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin this season – highlighting the problems with Gunners’ misfiring attack.
Mikel Arteta’s side have only mustered nine goals in as many Premier League games this campaign.
Mikel Arteta’s attack has been underperformingCredit: PA:Press Association
Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin has outscored all of the Arsenal squadCredit: PA:Press Association
Often malighned frontman Alexandre Lacazette is the Gunners’ top-scorer, having notched three of them.
And their failure to find the net on a regular basis has left them languishing in the bottom half of the table in 11th spot.
In fact, England and Toffees striker Calvert-Lewin has singlehandedly outscored all of Arsenal’s talented forwards.
The 23-year-old averages more than a goal a game after bagging an impressive ten strikes in just nine outings.
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And Emirates boss Arteta recognises his side are stuttering in front of goal.
After the 0-0 draw against Leeds which saw winger Nicolas Pepe sent off for an ‘unacceptable’ headbutt, Arteta admitted he was concerned about a lack of goals.
He said: “It worries me, obviously. We need a lot of goals to win football matches and be the top team that we want to be, without that it is impossible – it doesn’t matter how good we are defensively.
“It is not the lack of our attacking players that we have or the attacking players that we are putting on the pitch all the time.
“We need some more moments where we have to make better and more ruthless decisions. Sometimes we have to go through these patches and we have to overcome and I have to help the players as soon as possible.
“That flair, that creativity and that momentum sometimes that players need to make the last action – which is the most difficult thing in football.
“We have to create more and we have to be more consistent in the final third with the amount of things that we finish and how we finish them. But it will come.
“And, to be fair, we haven’t had much continuity with a lot of the players, for various reasons, which is very important to have some understanding with them.”
In stats provided by Opta, the Gunners are 13th for total expected goals across all Prem sides.
Arsenal are 15th for total shots and 14th for shots on target – underpinning their difficulties up top.
Champions Liverpool have had more than DOUBLE the 30 shots Arsenal have registered on target with Jurgen Klopp’s side firing off 62 accurate efforts.
Since handing London rivals Fulham a 3-0 defeat on the opening day, Arteta’s men have scored just six goals in eight games.
Former Golden Boot winner and skipper Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has just two to his name.
Ex-Gunners forward and pundit Paul Merson believes Aubameyang should be moved into the middle from out on the left in order to score more.
World Cup winner and creative playmaker Mesut Ozil remains frozen out at the club with the German not seen in competitive action since March.
And right-back Hector Bellerin admitted the Gunners are ‘learning how to suffer’ in the bottom half of the top flight.
Arteta explains why he’s so cross, addresses Pepe’s unacceptable actions and reveals his worries over a lack of goals
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
