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BBC Sport specialist Alan Shearer asked Arsenal head coach Unai Emery to find out what was missing in his selection against Manchester United.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team arrived at the Emirates Stadium to pick up their hosts and use Paul Pogba to carry the ball forward and spot a deep pbad to feed their runners up front.
Alexis Sanchez, Jesse Lingard and Romelu Lukaku caused a lot of problems for the Gunners, thanks to the service provided by the French midfielder.
The visitors took advantage of the pain in the second half by sending Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford to stand behind Arsenal and expose their weakness at the counter.
Emery once again left Mesut Ozil out of his starting group. He has already explained that his reluctance to engage the playmaker in the big games is due to the required intensity of the matches and other "tactical reasons".
However, at the time when he was an active member of the German national team, the former Real Madrid midfielder often presented himself deep for Joachim Low and played exactly the role of dictator in the game and gap search that Arsenal needed against United.
Pogba played this role for United. Although Ozil may be a different player from the French, he had his good times, as in the 3-1 win against Leicester City earlier this season.
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At his pre-match press conference for the match, Emery reiterated the need to sign for the January transfer, with Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Christopher Nkunku now tied to the Gunners.
A winger capable of playing deeper and center, may also be a solution to the problem Shearer has spotted in the game of Arsenal.
"United just picked them up nicely in the second half," he told Match of the Day. "It was the best team, Arsenal fell into the trap, they were strong in defense, except for a second-half and Arsenal offered very little.
"There was no one missing at Arsenal to pick up the ball and go ahead." They were beautiful, tidy and tidy and beautiful in front of the United States at the back but they had no one who would be able to cover 30 or 40 yards at goal. "
Ozil was sent in the second half of the match to replace Alex Iwobi, another player who has already been used to drive, attack and advance. Matteo Guendouzi has also arrived.
Unfortunately for the Gunners, while the German was able to score a few pbades in front of the goal of United, it was not enough to force the match and bring his team to the level of his opponent.
"United had so many more options than Arsenal in the future," added Shearer. "I was really disappointed in the second half, they brought Ozil to try to give them that deadly pbad they missed, they had a lot of ball, but nothing really happened.
"As United grew and kept pace, they were causing them all kinds of problems, and they deserved to move on."
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