Football
Why Arsenal's New Press Pattern Is Quietly Changing the Premier League
Saka is dropping deeper. Ødegaard is gone. The shape Arteta has built around Rice is one nobody else is copying yet — but they will.
Ade Boateng··6 min read
Football Correspondent
Ade Boateng
Ade Boateng has covered football professionally since 2014. He started writing match reports for a regional paper in Accra, then spent four years on the road following the Black Stars before joining the desk full-time. He was the only English-language reporter to file from Bafoussam during the 2022 AFCON quarter-finals — a thing he is still slightly bitter about. He believes Pep Guardiola is overrated by exactly seven percent and will fight you about it.
