{"id":124739,"date":"2023-11-28T12:17:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T12:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/28\/bukayo-saka-reveals-biggest-challenge-hes-faced-at-arsenal-this-season\/"},"modified":"2023-11-28T12:17:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T12:17:05","slug":"bukayo-saka-reveals-biggest-challenge-hes-faced-at-arsenal-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/28\/bukayo-saka-reveals-biggest-challenge-hes-faced-at-arsenal-this-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Bukayo Saka reveals biggest challenge he\u2019s faced at Arsenal this season \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Bukayo Saka has admitted he\u2019s still working out how to combat being man-marked by two players in most of Arsenal\u2019s games.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old\u2019s stock in world football has risen exponentially over the past 18 months, owing to a number of sensational displays on the wing for Arsenal and England.<\/p>\n<p>Saka has scored four goals and contributed five assists in\u00a0Arsenal\u2019s 2023\/24 Premier League campaign to date, but admitted after the 1-0 win over Brentford on Saturday \u2013 a game that saw him lay on Kai Havertz\u2019s 89th minute winner up \u2013 that he\u2019s coming to terms with opposition players doubling up on him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like a lot of games I\u2019m facing a double team with two guys on me and it\u2019s the same for Gabi [Martinelli],\u201d\u00a0Saka\u00a0told reporters. \u201cIt\u2019s happening in every game. I keep watching all my games back trying to find a solution, what I can do better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the end, I just feel like I need to understand that this is how it\u2019s going to be this season and I just need to deal with it and keep finding a way like I did today. That\u2019s what I need to keep doing.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/01hg8wt238fxd89jymv8.jpg\" alt=\"Bukayo Saka\" title=\"Bukayo Saka\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Bukayo Saka has taken a number of knocks from opposition defenders in recent months \/ Visionhaus\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>\u201cThe managers know a bit more how we play and it\u2019s up to us to adapt in each game and to find a solution. Of course, each game is different but we know that we can be a lot better. We\u2019re especially working on breaking teams down, but we\u2019re still getting really good results and we\u2019re top of the league. So we can be really happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The weekend win sent Arsenal to the top of the Premier League table ahead of Manchester City and Liverpool \u2013 the pair played out a 1-1 draw in Saturday\u2019s early kick-off \u2013 but Saka\u2019s attention will quickly switch back to securing a place in the last 16 of the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners are in pole position of\u00a0Group B\u00a0after winning three of their four games and can seal their place in the knockout stages by beating Lens at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday. Should Mikel Arteta\u2019s side win, they will avenge the\u00a02-1 defeat\u00a0they suffered in the reverse fixture back in October.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bukayo Saka has admitted he\u2019s still working out how to combat being man-marked by two players in most of Arsenal\u2019s games. The 22-year-old\u2019s stock in world football has risen exponentially over the past 18 months, owing to a number of sensational displays on the wing for Arsenal and England. 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