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Arsenal tactics: How Mikel Arteta's Gunners are playing like a Jose Mourinho team

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Arsenal beat Tottenham 1 -0 thanks to a set-piece goal against Tottenham on Wednesday .

The Gunners have been accused of overreliance on corners and squandered chances.

Jamie Carragher suggested Arsenal were morphing into a Jose Mourinho team.

But how much have they actually changed this season ? And could it help them win the title?.

Captain Odegaard has created 14 chances in his past two games alone ( 10 against Manchester United and four against Tottenham ), which is as many as all of his team-mates combined (14) Arsenal's progressive passes per 90 minutes have dropped at a huge rate.

Mikel Merino 's introduction has brought more sideways passes and not enough attacking dynamism, limiting the pathway out to Gabriel Martinelli or Trossard on the left.

Their attack locations are increasingly lopsided, so much so that Arsenal attack down the left and through the centre less than anyone else in the division.

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