Arsenal found out?

[NICKZS]

Wow, you're going out on a limb with that prediction aren't you

I'm not predicting that they'll lose the title (that seems fairly implicit), just highlighting what I believe will be the root cause thereof. I'd re-read certain things before posting.

[dww]

To play against Arsenal, you have to do what teams did a few seasons ago when Arsenal couldn't get a win away from home.

Play two banks of four and sit deep. Nothing special. Its the basics of defending.

In terms of pressing, you press the core of the team, the core being Fabregas and Flamini. This would cut off the supply to Hleb.

Another thing which Rafa elaborated a lot on in his press conferences was that Arsenal play in a very narrow way. In this case, you would ask your full backs to tuck in as you know there aren't going to be wingers bombing down the flanks.

underrated but dirty little ****er that flamini. you're totally right, their midfield collapsed when he got injured. cesc is only twenty and can't be expected to carry their entire team for the full ninety minutes. he was running on empty by the end.

I thikn you can probably ignore Fabregas in terms of pressing actually. The big difference between Arsenal (at least in the first 3/4) of this season and last is that Flamini links attack and defense from deep. If you can cut out his options and force him to play backwards and sideways then they are a much less effective side. This has been seen when thay have played Gilberto or earlier in the season Diarra in his position, who have more restricted ranges of passing, and been much less effective.