“You do it too, huh?”

he Arsenaldespite seeing his full victory in Championsended up accepting the controversial draw achieved against the Leverkusen from eleven meters by Havertz facing the return in the Emirates. Now, the feelings were not positive and they left the BayArena with a ‘headache’ after receiving his ‘own medicine’.

“You do it too, huh?” he said in her ear. Nicolas Joverthe ‘guru’ who converted the set piece of the Arsenal in a ‘gold mine’, to Kasper Hjulmand after the goal scored by Robert Andrich at the exit of a corner halfway through the second half… which had a Alejandro Grimaldo who once again showed off his ‘swing’. The Spanish winger had just scored from a free kick against the Friborg and, with the assistance before the Arsenalalready has 21 goals scored so far this season.

The goal, of course, was tremendously painful for a Arsenal whose blackboard practices are dividing England. Arteta, of course, was disappointed because he confessed to having worked in detail on this type of actions by the Bayer Leverkusen. “There are always two sides of the coin. One is the element of the opponent that allowed him to detect that weakness or lack of attention.”

There are always two sides of the coin

Mikel Arteta, Arsenal coach

The treatment of this type of situation had had a ‘crumb’ in the run-up to the meeting. In fact, Kasper Hjulmand He defended himself after some of his words were misinterpreted. “I wasn’t questioning the way the Arsenal to make offensive blocks. We also do it to create space. I was simply wondering if it is within the regulations,” said the Danish coach… hinting at certain reproaches on the part of Nicolas Jover.

I wasn’t questioning Arsenal’s way of making attacking blocks. We do it too to create space

Kasper Hjulmand, Bayer Leverkusen coach

The one received in BayArena It was the eleventh conceded by the Arsenal among all competitions. In addition, of the 56 corner kicks that have been served during the first legs in these round of 16 of the Championsthat of Andrich to center of Grimaldo Against the Gunners he was the only one that ended up coming to fruition.

This was also the first game in which the Arsenal was left without scoring since the draw against Nottingham Forest in Premier League back in mid-January. Beyond the crossbar he ran into Martinelli In the first part, the Arsenal It led to a worrying lack of freshness in the final third when it came to generating chances. In fact, they shot less (6) than the Leverkusen (10) y Blaswich He barely made an intervention (0.04 goals avoided).

“I don’t see football as a game of open actions or set pieces. Not at all. I see the game in a different way. In football everything is connected. It doesn’t stop. If you want to see it as loose elements, that’s fine with me. But I don’t,” he explained. Arteta weeks ago after the victory against Chelsea. However, the dependence on the set piece is becoming more and more evident and last night they were barely able to save three corners.

The level of execution has to be better and it will be. We’ll adapt some things and move on

Mikel Arteta, Arsenal coach

He Arsenal He continues to feel like a favorite not only to get into the quarterfinals…but also to reach high levels in this Champions. ArtetaHowever, he is aware that we must “improve and finish in London” al Leverkusen. “The level of execution has to be better and it will be. We will adapt some things and move on. We are happy with the draw. But we know we can be much better.” Grimaldo I had the aspirin… the Gunners left with a headache.