Former Arsenal forward Jeremie Aliadiere has dismissed concerns over the club's goal output, insisting the Premier League leaders have no reason to worry despite a run of narrow victories.
Arsenal sit five points clear at the top of the table but have scored just 15 goals in 10 league games, only one more than 18th-placed Manchester United. The Gunners have conceded just five goals in that span, continuing the defensive strength that underpinned last season's title success.
One-Goal Wins Raise Questions
Mikel Arteta's side have won five of their last six matches by a single-goal margin, prompting questions about their attacking output. The goals have been shared around, with Martin Odegaard, Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka all on three Premier League goals this season.
Speaking exclusively to Daily Star Sport via IgnitionCasino, Aliadiere insisted his former team have no cause for concern.
“I don’t think so at all. Arsenal sit top of the League and have just won at Anfield for the first time in over 10 years. With many away games as well taken care of and Arsenal also sitting in a handy position on the Champions League it’s been a good start to the season,” he said.
Confidence in Attack
“Defensively very strong, but Arsenal are scoring goals and I believe as the season continues Arsenal will score plenty more in games to give a bigger margin of victory,” Aliadiere added. “But not concerned at all about the goals Arsenal are scoring. Gyokeres played well against Prague, so his confidence will be up and Madueke is now contributing more too.”
He pointed to individual contributions as evidence of the side's attacking depth: “Havertz scored against Liverpool and always good for a goal or two. Declan Rice is involved with more goals as well and scored a vital goal in Munich.”
Summer Business and Ambitions
Arsenal failed to sign Julian Alvarez from Atletico Madrid in the summer, but Aliadiere is happy with the additions of Christos Tzolis and Bruno Guimaraes, believing the club did enough to achieve their targets this season.
“You have to remember Arsenal were a penalty kick away from winning the Champions League last season and now have added players who are already making an impact,” he said. “Tzolis has looked good since he came in, Bruno has a few goals already and looking very impressive in the middle of midfield as well as contributing to goals.”
“So, yes Arsenal do have the quality all over the pitch to achieve the ambitions of landing the title again, plus Champions League is the additional trophy they really want to land,” Aliadiere concluded, while noting interest in the forward line: “It will though be interesting to see if any business gets done in the summer with the forward line as Gyokeres it looks like wants more game time, but he’s doing a good job for the team, I like him a lot, but does need the ball into him a lot quicker as he has shown what he is capable of at times.”
