Calum Chambers and Rob Holding may be the most dependable centre-backs, Matteo Guendouzi and Lucas Torreira the most committed central midfielders.
Few teams are worse off the ball than Arsenal. If Arteta has to use his tactical nous to improve their positional game, the first part is simply to get them to track back.
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