Arsenal faced difficulties in overcoming Porto's stubborn defensive block in both legs of their match.
“We’re certainly going to have to tweak a few things to generate much more than what we did against them (in the first leg).” That was the promise from Mikel Arteta before welcoming Porto to the Emirates on Tuesday. In truth, the bar was not set particularly high from their performance in the Estadio do Dragao last month. For all of their patient passing and dominance on the ball, failed to register a single shot on target across 94 minutes of the first leg.
Advertisement Were those subsequent tweaks successful? A 1-0 victory and the most dramatic of penalty shootout victories ultimately answered Arteta’s rallying cry, but it is worth addressing the consistent tactical theme that emerged across both legs — Arsenal’s toil to overcome Porto’s stubborn defensive block. , but Porto’s mid-block appeared to be even more problematic for them. This was evident from the first minute of the first leg. With Sergio Conceicao’s side setting up in a narrow 4-5-1 (sometimes a 4-1-4-1) out of possession, Porto allowed Arsenal to play in front of them but rarely ever through the
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