It feels slightly jarring to be talking about season-defining fixtures three weeks into a new campaign, but Arsenal’s puzzling start has prompted the conversation.
Their most recent result, a lifeless draw against Everton, was particularly deflating as an inability to break teams down reared its ugly head once more.
This is not the first time Jonas Eidevall has faced tactical examination. It’s unlikely to be the last. But it just so happens that Sunday’s stalemate was the warm-up for a huge week in the fixture calendar, where Arsenal travel to Bayern Munich before hosting Chelsea at Emirates Stadium.
