#3 Play more Transition-based football
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Arsenal often perform at a higher level when forced to play on the counter-attack. As one of the worst teams at defending, the Gunners show more solidity when they play without the ball than with it. Arsenal's players are more suited to a counter-attack style of play than a possession-based one.
They have the players suited to quickly transition up the pitch in mere seconds with a few passes.
Mesut Ozil, situated behind a pacey front three is a recipe for destruction and future silverware. Arsene Wenger must abandon his outdated tiki-taka philosophy as teams have worked out how to nullify it. The fast pace of the Premier League requires teams to break at speed instead of hanging onto the ball unnecessarily.
Counter-attacking is the future of football and the faster Arsenal come to terms with that, the closer they'll get to Europe's elites.
