Just started watching and keeping up with arsenal this season. What is with them and always scoring late game? They do it pretty often. Did it against City, Brentford, Chelsea, United (twice). Is there a reason for this? They look like an entirely different team once the 80th minute hits.
3 reasons:
Strategy: Arsenal play the highest line and has the best defensive trio in the league (Saliba, Gabriel, Rice). That makes them the hardest team to counter.
Tactics: Arteta has many bench options to change the tactics of the game. Very low block? Throw in Havertz and Tomiyasu, and bomb them aerially. Need players to make runs? Throw in ESR, Trossard or Vieira, and let them open up the defense.
Confidence/concentration: The team knows they can score late, and also helps that added time tend to help Arsenal because opposition must maintain concentration over 100-110 min of game time rather than over 95 min. Harder to do that when you’re always defending than in attack.