There are two good pieces of analysis, the first is here:
https://www.coachesvoice.com/cv/arsenal-tottenham-tactics-arteta-postecoglou-september-2023/
(just click on link)
and the second is here:
Afraid this has a paywall, and not easy to copy here as it has lots of images with movement explainations:
How Spurs’ excellent Udogie recovered from his early struggles against Saka
An early booking made the Tottenham defender a prime candidate for a red card, but he instead grew into the game brilliantly
theathletic.com
Another report:
A topsy-turvy game saw the north London derby end in a draw, despite us twice taking the lead at Emirates Stadium
www.arsenal.com
Superb start
"Amidst a crackling atmosphere at Emirates Stadium, we began brighest, pressing our opponents with menace and snapping into tackles to try and get the early upper hand, and it worked.
After a brief early scare when Son found the net from an obvious offside position, we began creating chances and a superb reaction stop from Guglielmo Vicario prevented Gabriel Jesus from firing home a Saka cross, whose direct running caused Spurs left-back Destiny Udogie to pick up an early booking for persistent fouling within the opening 15 minutes.
The narrative across all reports is they think that Saka had the best of it up until and for 10 mins after he got booked, but then Destiny came into his own and matched or bettered Saka....
The young defender was rattled and soon after his weak backpass allowed Eddie Nketiah to sneak behind him and blast straight at Vicario from a tight angle, but the pressure told on 26 minutes when the lead was finally seized.
The move began when Oleksandr Zinchenko broke up a Spurs attack on the left and charged forward before finding Martin Odegaard who switched the ball to Saka on the right. In trademark fashion, he cut inside and took aim, and saw his curler diverted into his own goal by Romero to get all Gooners celebrating and reward our positivity."
and last but not least, what did the stats tell us?
The defender (Udogie), who narrowly avoided a second yellow card, lost 10 of his 19 ground battles, won only 50% of his tackles, was dispossessed three times, and was dribbled past twice.
He won no aerial duels, committed four fouls, and mishandled a backpass that almost led to a goal for
Eddie Nketiah.
Additionally, he handled the ball in the penalty area which should have been awarded as a penalty by VAR, with his hand above his head, and was forced to rugby tackle
Saka to prevent a breakaway, further undermining
Postecoglu’s claim of dominance.
In contrast,
Bukayo Saka was involved in both
Arsenal goals, something Udogie was tasked with stopping, although he can obviously be excused for the penalty.
In total, Saka created four chances, more than any other player on the pitch.
So, I think it looks like honours even to me, his starting original poorish stats were almost all accumulated in the first half, so the Athletics headline, appears to be fair and honest..
