Per Mertesacker
Mertesacker has fallen apart in the absence of Laurent Koscielny at the heart of the Arsenal defence, a situation that simply isn’t good enough for such an experienced international footballer. Mertesacker should be dominating opposition strikers physically and organising an inexperienced back four around him, but at times youngsters Calum Chambers and Kieran Gibbs are having to devote their energies to sweeping up the German’s mistakes.
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