Mikel Arteta is below strain at Arsenal after the Gunners misplaced three of their final 4 video games, with defeat to Bournemouth opening the door for Man City in the Premier League title race
Pep Guardiola is trying to get the higher of Mikel Arteta as soon as once more (Image: Kieran McManus/Shutterstock)
Gabby Logan reckons that Pep Guardiola has “got into Mikel Arteta’s head” along with his coaching floor ways and touchline behaviour prompting concerns about the Arsenal manager.
The Gunners have suffered defeat in three of their previous 4 matches throughout all competitions, with Bournemouth the newest facet to beat them. Their victory on the Emirates Stadium on Saturday handed Manchester City a lifeline in the title race – which they made probably the most of with Sunday’s 3-0 win at Chelsea. Arsenal now danger surrendering one other benefit on the summit of the desk.
Arteta faces mounting strain to ship success with the north London membership. The Spaniard has did not safe silverware for the reason that FA Cup in 2020 and has presided over three consecutive runner-up campaigns.
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In a bid to revive the membership’s fortunes he is launched some unconventional coaching methods, with Logan observing that David Raya confirmed minimal enthusiasm for them and was as an alternative “focusing on his job” when questioned about them days afterwards.
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Speaking on The Sports Agents podcast with co-host Mark Chapman, she mentioned: “I am unable to get my head round it. Honestly, having lined them a lot early in the season in the Champions League, and you realize, seeing them play some nice, composed management soccer, simply what is going on on?
“What’s occurred to that Arsenal workforce? It appears like Arteta has positively, watching him on the touchline, it appears like he is turn into much more maniacal in his behaviour. And there are extra individuals round him, and so they’re doing issues they have not finished.
“And there’s all that footage last week of them walking around with footballs, five of them having a football on their head, and that was a team building exercise. And then David Raya coming into the studio at Prime saying, ‘Well, I didn’t do that because I was focusing on my job.’
“It appears like Pep’s bought into his head. It’s inconceivable for us to measure that, is not it? And it is inconceivable to us to establish.
“He didn’t come in the studio pre-match, you know, pitch side, as he normally does last week. They’re changing things, and they’re changing players at a different stage of the game as well.”
City have succeeded in overhauling Arsenal throughout two of the earlier three title campaigns. This Sunday the main pair will meet on the Etihad Stadium, the place victory for the house facet could be monumental and depart them inside touching distance of doubtless claiming prime place.
Arsenal had been tipped as potential quadruple champions merely weeks earlier, however have fallen to City in the Carabao Cup last and been surprised by Southampton in the FA Cup quarter-finals.
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