ARTETA ROTATION STRATEGY WORKED

Penning this the morning after to see if I’d feel the same after working a night shift at the other gig… I do. Grubby win, but great given the context.

I could weigh in that the team felt unbalanced, too defensive, and oddly mismatched for a deep block… but that’d be wrong.

My narrative has been that Mikel Arteta is allergic to rotation. That leads to deep fatigue later in the season, eventually costing us major trophies. That means I have to back rotation moves when they’re needed – especially when the result is a win.