Mikel Arteta believes Arsenal will be a “different” team without Bukayo Saka, but some things never change.Without their talisman Saka against Ipswich, the Gunners served up a reminder of how defensive steel could be their biggest weapon in this title race.Arsenal were only 1-0 winners, however they were utterly dominant and finished the game with 68 per cent possession.Ipswich had three shots all night, none of them on target, as Arsenal kept their seventh clean sheet in the Premier League this season.
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00:00So, all over here at the Emirates and Arsenal move up to second in the Premier League.
00:05Probably not a game that's going to live long in anyone's memories.
00:09I think Ipswich came here with quite a clear game plan.
00:12They were going to sit in, frustrate and make it difficult for Arsenal.
00:16And, in the end, it was one goal that Arsenal needed.
00:18Kai Havertz getting it for him, I think, rounds off what has been a very, very good 2024 for him.
00:23Considering where he was when he joined Arsenal and the difficulties he's had in terms of fitting into this system,
00:27I think that kind of sums up the year he's had and the resurgence he's had.
00:29And, for Arsenal, I think, probably looking forward from this, there's going to be a lot of talk about Saka
00:35and what they're going to miss in terms of creativity.
00:37What they can point to is that they have a defence that is, on paper, I think, the best in the Premier League.
00:43And, when you've got that, you have the capability of winning games 1-0 like this.
00:47And, going forward, I think what might be the biggest weapon for Arsenal, actually, in this title race,
00:51might be their defence.
00:52And, without Saka, they're going to have to lean on it even more in what is a very, very busy January.