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Arsenal usually dominate possession and usually spurn chances. Emanuel Adebayor is a terriffic striker when the ball is played into his feet inside of 20 yards or so. He is a classic CF. Great in the air, good at turning and shooting, not so great at creating his own chances off the wing. Not saying he can't do that just not the norm for him. Van Persie has and most likely will always be wasteful. Again when he is in form he is a great sight to watch, but just like Rooney, wasteful and streaky. I said I hadn't watched that game all the way through. Just watched a bit of it. Arsenal have dominated possession in their last 7 to 10 games and have had an enormously difficult time turning possession into goals.
As for nerve and steel in the midfield having nothing to do with them missing chances is a fair statement, but the fact that Arsenal control the game and possession from the midfield and not the final third is because they have a number of soft players that won't do the dirty work to keep the pressure high.
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