{"id":2687,"date":"2021-12-14T19:15:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T00:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/14\/arsenals-takehiro-tomiyasu-details-why-fellow-defender-ben-white-does-not-pass-to-him-often\/"},"modified":"2021-12-14T19:15:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T00:15:27","slug":"arsenals-takehiro-tomiyasu-details-why-fellow-defender-ben-white-does-not-pass-to-him-often","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/14\/arsenals-takehiro-tomiyasu-details-why-fellow-defender-ben-white-does-not-pass-to-him-often\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal&rsquo;s Takehiro Tomiyasu details why fellow defender Ben White does not pass to him often"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Tomiyasu &amp; White not linked on the pitch<\/h2>\n<p>Arsenal right-back Takehiro Tomiyasu reflected on the tactical situation on the pitch in Mikel Arteta\u2019s back-four when he commented on the fact that fellow summer acquisition Ben White does not pass to him often during matches.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dugout-video dugout-embed-eyJrZXkiOiIiLCJwIjoiZ3JlYXRnb2FscyIsInBsIjoibWF0Y2gifQ==\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.dugout.com\/v3.1\/greatgoals.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1615751\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1615751\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1615751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1357522854-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Arsenal\u2019s Takehiro Tomiyasu details why fellow defender Ben White does not pass to him often\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1357522854-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1357522854-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1357522854-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1357522854-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1357522854-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1357522854-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1357522854-910x607.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1615751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND \u2013 DECEMBER 06: Ben Godfrey of Everton battles for possession with Takehiro Tomiyasu of Arsenal during the Premier League match between Everton and Arsenal at Goodison Park on December 06, 2021 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Naomi Baker\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-10309209\/Arsenal-Takehiro-Tomiyasu-claims-Ben-White-does-not-pass-good-player.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Daily Mail<\/a> reported that this was hardly a criticism by Tomiyasu on his Arsenal teammate, but rather, a reflection of his understanding of what it means to put his teammates into a position of strength as the club continues to play out of the back under their Spanish headmaster.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cIt is because Ben White is a good player. Often, passes from the centre back to the full-backs become \u2018pressure passes. I play centre back too, and simple passes to the full-backs are actually the last option I consider. If the full-back is not under opposition pressure I will play the pass, but if the winger is right in front, you\u2019ll end up caught by the press.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So Ben White is a good player who doesn\u2019t play passes that put you under pressure.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>New defensive pair have settled well at Arsenal<\/h2>\n<p>Now that Takehiro Tomiyasu has cleared that up, an enormous amount of credit should be laid at the feet of both he and Ben White after the duo have made a fantastic start to their Arsenal careers this season, arriving from Bologna and Brighton respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Both signings received a fair degree of criticism, however, with many suggesting that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/how-raphael-varane-could-end-up-costing-man-united-over-30m-more-than-ben-white-costs-arsenal\/\">\u00a350million splashed for White was poor business<\/a> at the time; a notion that has been disavowed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyKaveh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SkyKaveh<\/a>. Any updates from Tomiyasu\u2019s agent? He must be delighted with his client\u2019s start to life in England. 11 clean sheets by mid-December is pretty impressive. Arsenal POTM for September too. I thought you\u2019d be the man to ask seeing as you\u2019re best pals. Cheers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrick Timmons (@PatrickTimmons1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatrickTimmons1\/status\/1469992609716346883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As for Tomiyasu, much of the criticism around him came from the point of ignorance, especially when Sky Sports reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyKaveh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kaveh Solhekol<\/a> suggested live on air that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/1746307-arsenals-signing-of-tomiyasu-mocked-by-sky-sports-journalist-live-on-tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">agent of the Japanese international cast doubt<\/a> about his client\u2019s ability to survive in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Safe to say, that too has been proven to be wildly incorrect.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomiyasu &amp; White not linked on the pitch Arsenal right-back Takehiro Tomiyasu reflected on the tactical situation on the pitch in Mikel Arteta\u2019s back-four when he commented on the fact that fellow summer acquisition Ben White does not pass to him often during matches. LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND \u2013 DECEMBER 06: Ben Godfrey of Everton battles for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-2687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}