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Neville remarked at the start of the game that both teams were essentially playing with traditional back 4s but with all 8 members being 6ft or taller (Akanji, Ake (replaced by Lewis early, who obviously isn't 6ft I know), Dias, Gvardiol; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Kiwior). Think that contributed to neither team being able to exploit the width on offer with a packed midfield through overloads in high wide positions, although both Gvardiol and White did threaten a bit. Proper width/getting to the byline is really necessary to create chances in open play when the game is congested in the middle, no one makes positioning errors, and everyone is super fit & strong. Grealish and Doku were pretty ineffective when they tried in the last 20 minutes too (Grealish because he cut inside almost every time, Doku because he was wasteful).

But both teams will probably be happy enough, especially Arsenal. A loss would have been a huge blow.