The Arsenal manager has typically shied away from using squad players but made five changes against Luton and saw his team maintain momentum
Mikel Arteta started April by doing something he hasn’t done for almost three years: making five changes to his starting line-up. Before Wednesday night’s 2-0 win against , which put top of the at least until play 24 hours later, the last time Arteta rotated so heavily was in September 2021. That was when he was introducing an influx of players and some of them have since become the core of his title-challenging side.
No other Premier League team has had more substitutes combine for goals since his first game in charge on Boxing Day 2019, while the six that have come this term is a Premier League record for a single season. Arsenal also rank joint-third for goals scored by substitutes this season and joint-fourth assists made by substitutes this season. While those numbers are impressive, they are also countered by Arteta’s actual usage of substitutes this season.
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