{"id":2024,"date":"2026-04-12T00:53:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=2024"},"modified":"2026-04-12T00:53:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:53:27","slug":"he-dances-on-the-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=2024","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHe dances on the ball\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Weighed down by a setback against Bournemouth this Saturday in the Premier League, the Gunners are suffering the wrath of informed observers of the English championship.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Arsenal&#8217;s defeat against Bournemouth (1-2) this Saturday in the Premier League did not go unnoticed. The London club lost at home by the narrowest of margins after an overall disappointing performance.<\/p>\n<p>In a post-match press conference, Gunners coach Mikel Arteta was candid about his men&#8217;s performance. <em>\u201cThere were some very basic things that we did extremely poorly today. It can happen, it&#8217;s football. It hurts, you have to take the hit. We have to get up and fight. Know how to react to this \u00bb<\/em>said the Gunners manager to the media.<\/p>\n<h2>A game too sterile<\/h2>\n<p>On social networks, ex-Congolese international Yannick Bolasie did not spare the Londoners either. He particularly pointed out the difficulties of Emirates residents in projecting themselves forward.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt all comes from Raya dancing on the ball like he has the whole game in his pocket. When your defense touches the ball more than your attackers, it&#8217;s a big problem. Your passing rate will be 95% if you always pass backwards and to the sides&#8230; Safety first. Raya makes more passes than Rice or Zubimendi, it is the players with the least offensive ability who touch the ball the most \u00bb<\/em>wrote the former Crystal Palace player on <em>X.<\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"bloc_resume_post\">\n<h2 class=\"bloc_resume_post_title\">IN BRIEF<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"bloc_resume_post_list\">\n<li>Arsenal lost 1-2 to Bournemouth in the Premier League, with Mikel Arteta and Yannick Bolasie the main players.<\/li>\n<li>Mikel Arteta criticized his side&#8217;s performance, pointing out basic errors and calling for a reaction after the defeat.<\/li>\n<li>Yannick Bolasie criticized Arsenal&#8217;s game strategy, notably the lack of offensive projection and the ball management by goalkeeper Raya.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weighed down by a setback against Bournemouth this Saturday in the Premier League, the Gunners are suffering the wrath of informed observers of the English championship. Arsenal&#8217;s defeat against Bournemouth (1-2) this Saturday in the Premier League did not go unnoticed. The London club lost at home by the narrowest of margins after an overall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}