After another weekend full of surprises in the Premier League and the Football League, RALPH ELLIS sifted through the statistics. Here he shares what he has learned this weekend.
1. Arsenal’s great teams were always superb in possession and giving the ball away was a serious crime.
So the biggest sign of the mess this current team are in was that at Brighton yesterday Arsene Wenger watched them lose the ball 150 times in the 90 minutes.
Granit Xhaka, supposed to be the solid influence in midfield, was the worst culprit losing possession 21 times – once every four minutes.