Bavarian Football Works
This is a bad game to not have Alphonso Davies
Bayern Munich fans lament the fact that Jamal Musiala and Alphonso Davies will be missing for the Arsenal game. Watching the way they dismantled Thomas Frank’s Tottenham Hotspur, it is easy to see why the Canadian could have been the key to keeping things tidy at the back.
While none of Arsenal’s goals came from their wide players directly — Bukayo Saka had a relatively quiet game, and Jurriën Timber ‘only’ had an assist — the way they stretched the Spurs defense with their width was the difference maker in the end. This opened up a gap right in front of the defense, which Eberechi Eze took full advantage of by scoring a hat…