The place was Dembele enjoying on the Emirates? All over the place.
At one level within the opening 45 minutes he ended up within the left-back place, and on one other event he was an auxiliary No 6, enjoying the position of double pivot simply outdoors the PSG penalty space.
Nominally a false 9, Dembele regarded like Luis Enrique had given him not simply the licence to roam however the whole freedom of the pitch.
His early purpose was a living proof and highlighted the issues it causes when a central attacker (on paper) drops deep in build-up to obtain.
The very last thing Arsenal’s centre-backs needed to do was observe Dembele all around the pitch and be pulled out of place. As for the Arsenal midfield, they already had their fingers full with Joao Neves, Vitinha and Fabian Ruiz.
Certainly, from Arsenal’s viewpoint, marking Kylian Mbappe within the quarter-final was much more simple as compared.
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