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Trossard's performance in numbers
Last season the little Belgian was excellent in Arsenal colours. Only Bukayo Saka scored more goals than the former Brighton man but he has struggled to replicate a similar level of performance this time around.
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Some degree of context must be applied. He's not been playing on his favoured left-hand side and has been trying to make up for Odegaard's absence. Sadly, it just hasn't happened for him.
Trossard has only scored twice in 12 outings this term and it did not get much better for him on Saturday afternoon.Trossard vs Newcastle
Minutes played
71
Touches
37
Accurate passes
17/22 (77%)
Shots
2
Dribble success
0/2
Crosses
0
Key passes
0
Ground duels won
2/9
Aerial duels won
0/1
Fouls
1
Possession lost
12x
Clearances
1
Interceptions
0
Tackles
0
Dribbled past
3x
Stats via Sofascore.
Hauled off with 20 minutes to go, the 29-year-old left the pitch having done very little to get his side back into the encounter, registering fewer passes (17) than even goalkeeper David Raya (18), managed.
He was notably poor in the first half, squandering possession with ease on all too many occasions. One moment came towards the end of the opening 45 minutes where he attempted to play a ball into Saka who had acres of space on the edge of the area but it was awfully overhit.
That was one of 12 times that Trossard gave away the ball in what was a desperately poor performance. To make matters worse, he failed to produce a single key pass and had two shots, one of which was dragged wide in the opening minutes of the match.
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As GOAL reporter Gill Clark put it, he 'gave the ball away far too many times in a sloppy showing', thus warranting a 4/10 match rating for his efforts.
So, when Arsenal face Inter Milan in the Champions League in midweek, the Belgium international must be reduced to a place on the bench. Now is the time to give Nwaneri a go instead.
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