QPR v Arsenal: diagrams and chalkboards
The starting line-ups, and how Taarabt found space
There were two key points in the victory, explained in that piece and outlined here.
Taarabt
First, Adel Taarabt was given far too much space, and was unquestionably QPR’s key player. He played more passes (31), more passes in the attacking third (12), took more shots (3) and dribbled past an opponent more often (4) than any of his teammates.
There were three reasons why he got space, depicted on the left:
1. Theo Walcott played high up against Taye Taiwo, which meant there was a lot of vertical space between he and Bacary Sagna. Taarabt could come deep and pick up the ball away from Sagna under no pressure. On the other side, Aaron Ramsey was playing deeper (and more central), so the same ball wasn’t on to Mackie.
2. The tilt of Arsenal’s midfield triangle allowed Taarabt into space behind them. This was a problem in two ways, both because Mikel Arteta playing in advanced of Alex Song meant space in that zone, and because the rotation of those players means they can both be caught too high up the pitch, and leave space behind.
3. Song was the first function midfielder and in theory screening the space in front of the defence, but his direct opponent was Joey Barton (who Song stamped on earlier in the season, picking up a three-game ban). Barton played not as a number ten, but as a right-central midfielder, and Song got attracted to him – again, opening up space behind.
Zamora v Vermaelen
As outlined two years ago on ZM, Thomas Vermaelen likes to move high up the pitch and leaves space in behind. Mark Hughes realised this at the start of 2009/10 with Manchester City…
…and he told his players to do the same again. Sure enough, the pattern of interceptions shows how much more eager Vermaelen is to move up the pitch, whereas Laurent Koscielny sits deeper.
Therefore, Zamora tended to move towards the right of the pitch, and QPR sent long balls towards that flank (also evident in the earlier chalkboard of Mackie’s received passes).
Great stuff, this.
Good read as always.
Had high hopes for Taarabt this season – just hasnt turned it on or even turned up for the majority of it. Think he had his eyes elsewhere.
Love that pic of the MCFC tactics board. Would be good to see more things like that.
Ditto your last statement
Does “Make a statement!” mean “Kick ‘em up in the air”?
It means go in hard, hack them and break their legs if you can
I admit that we football fans look forward to any article in zonal marking site and that we know you are an Arsenal fan. But you are now too popular to concentrate on even less important games of Arsenal and Barcelona(all Arsenal fans are by default Barca fans too). This is partiality ZM and I won’t protest if you analyse Aston Villa – Chelsea as well
Pretty sure you’re probably off with your assumptions…you’re off with the supposed proof. Just look at the “related articles”, only 5 since 2010, smart guy. Who the hell wants an analysis of Aston Villa? Maybe for Chelsea’s shape and tactics…
Haha, and why did you leave out those before the 2010-2011 season? I think it’s a fair guess, since there were quite some articles before that about Arsenal and their players, and really just about them (i.e. no impartiality in bringing other teams or players in). But you’re right about after that, guess he has gradually stopped concentrating on Arsenal after the blog gained popularity.
Who gives a crap!? He does an excellent job in mixing it up in my opinion… different clubs, different tactics, etc.
And when he’s absent for a couple of days, he comes back with multiple articles.
Well I think it’s certainly more interesting to know that while an author is objective (not saying ZM is all the time, but he usually is), he has his own preferences to certain tactics and teams. I for one enjoy his talk (and shall I guess preference?) on Athletic and Napoli and their all-action, counter-attacking style.
Brilliant! Hope Wenger read that Hughsy arsenal tactical chalkboard
Would have liked to see a mention of team selection as part of the problem with Arsenal, and why Ramsey keeps getting games; this time on the left WING, of all places. I’m sure his heat map would have shown him drifting centrally to get the ball, and eventually a majority of passes backwards and side-ways.
Hope he is not our new Denilson. I see ramsey as a long term Arteta replacement. Keep it simple and tidy in deep position
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@ Manamongst – agree, questions about the other end of the field. Arsenal seemed to have their first choice lineup but chose Ramsey over Gervinho.
They also played a very lacklustre game, looking uninterested and out of ideas at the front, much as they did during their early season woes. Is there cause and effect here or is this just a motivational blip in a minor game after a run of great results. I actually rate Gervinho as someone who provides a lot of energy running around in the front third but it’s hard to assign this terrible performance only to his absence. I think.
Any thoughts on this, ZM. I’d hazard a guess if I’d been paying more attention to the game and less to the ironing & dishes
@GunnerSMalaysian – With respect to Ramsey > Arteta, wouldn’t that be Wilshere, to play in front of Song, presuming he gets healthy at some stage?
I think you’re right about Wilshere being just in front of Song since Ramsey is better being an AM, and Wilshere can give those driving runs from deep. But you know.. I think it’s kind of strange how people bash Ramsey but hail Wilshere before he’s back from injury. Don’t forget before Ramsey suffered that leg break, he was already in the first team performing well and Wilshere was just showing promise. What makes you think Wilshere will be the same person when he’s back? By the same logic that banishes Ramsey to a bit-part player, Wilshere would probably become a Denilson when he’s back. I think it’s safer to just depend on who we have now.
And Gervinho.. He wasn’t part of ZM’s reasons, though like you say he would bring that bit of energy. I would think its just a case of underestimating QPR.. Going into a game without motivation also probably means its hard to get any sudden momentum when you’re trailing and not playing well.
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I think the problems with Arsenal were:
1/ Sagna didn’t push forward enough; Taarabt wasn’t gonna track him,so Sagna should have made more overlapping runs to help Walcott get space.
2/ Arteta playing too high up; if anything Arteta should have been defending the space infront of the defence on his side as Song was preoccupied with Barton (who he did a good job of keeping quiet) and arteta had no direct opponent. This is a weakness of his when playing deep midfield, he tends to drift off and lose midfield runners when he should be tracking these runs.
3/ This had the knock on effect of meaning Kol was preoccupied with Taarabt and couldn’t cover for Verm as usual. So Zamora could get in behind, though to be fair Verm should have realized this and stayed back more, its not like he had any particular threat from midfield.
4/ Finally, ramsey on the left just didn’t work; he left Onuoha completely free to get forward (overloading gibbs) and was never a threat to QPR as he lacked the dribbling ability to break through QPR defense.
This was a poor match from Arsenal and they will need to regain their balance if they are to finish third. Arguably Rosicky and Ramsey should switch roles if they are both to play again, while Arteta and Verm will need to concentrate more on their respective opponents rather than give into their natural games.
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What do you propose the solution is?
These analyses are fascinating.
It’s a laugh how teams assume they’re not going to have the ball, and how they have to worry about complicated tactics to win games.
Makes me shake my head in wonder at Barca’s simple solution: JUST KEEP THE BALL.
That way, all this other stuff is irrelevant.
Milan defeated them 4-0 without even having the ball. Arsenal had 57-59% of possession.
Possession is Barca’s style of play but don’t let it fool you Guardiola is a very tactical coach.
Well, given that it’s impossible for both teams to keep the ball, one of the teams has to work out what they’re going to do without it. And generally that will be the weaker team. Even the mighty Swansea would have to come up with an alternative if they were to face Barca.
Possession is a defensive tactic. The more you have it, the fewer chances the opponent have to score. What you do with possession determines how many goals you score.
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