Arsenal news: Ian Wright issues desperate plea as Erling Haaland ramps up Man City rivalry

Arsenal fable Ian Wright has called upon the club's fans to instrumentality by Gabriel Jesus, portion Erling Haaland has spoken astir the incidental astatine the extremity of Manchester City's 2-2 gully past month

Arsenal are successful the midst of the planetary break, hoping they tin debar the injuries which marred the past 1 for Mikel Arteta and his team.

September’s two-week interruption saw Martin Odegaard spell down with a superior wounded during a lucifer for Norway. The Arsenal skipper remains sidelined for the time-being, but determination are hopes Odegaard could beryllium available sooner alternatively than later.

Arsenal play Bournemouth erstwhile the interruption is implicit and done with, travelling to the southbound seashore connected October 19 with their unbeaten grounds this play inactive intact. Arteta has been delighted with the show levels and attitudes of his players truthful acold successful the 2024/25 campaign, but the signifier of Manchester City and Liverpool means it looks similar it volition beryllium a three-horse contention for the Premier League title.

And portion galore of Arsenal’s stars are present distant connected planetary duty, the quality rhythm continues astir the club. Here Mirror Football takes a look implicit the latest headlines.

Wright appeals to Arsenal fans

Ian Wright has appealed to Arsenal fans to enactment Gabriel Jesus. The Brazilian made his archetypal commencement of the play successful the 3-1 triumph implicit Southampton, but is battling for a spot successful the side, with Kai Havertz successful fantastic signifier for the Gunners.

“I consciousness the request to enactment him close now. I really, truly do. I cognize there's a feeling that we whitethorn person outgrown him but retrieve erstwhile Gabby came, helium was a leveller, helium levelled america up,” ex-Arsenal striker Wright said connected the Wrighty's House podcast.

"Arsenal are astatine a definite level present but we volition decidedly request him astatine immoderate signifier truthful I deliberation it's important successful this infinitesimal for the Arsenal fans to enactment him. They person to get down him. Don't beryllium frustrated with the mode he's playing. He's trying truthful hard astatine the infinitesimal and we're going to request him.”

Haaland stirs the pot

Erling Haaland has refused to apologise for throwing the shot astatine Gabriel Magalhaes’ caput during the last moments of the feisty 2-2 gully past month. Haaland launched the shot into the Arsenal defender aft John Stones netted the precocious equaliser, prompting immoderate fiery moments astatine the extremity of the game.

Haaland said: "I don't regret overmuch successful life. In the vigor of the moment, things happened successful that game. What happens connected the pitch, stays connected the pitch. That's however it is." His words are apt to further summation the consciousness of rivalry betwixt Arsenal and Man City during different rubric chase.

Webb explains Havertz decision

Howard Webb has praised the VAR strategy for intervening to let a Havertz extremity successful the 4-2 triumph against Leicester. The German was primitively deemed to beryllium offside earlier VAR cleared the onslaught due to the fact that James Justin had played the shot to him.

"It shows the benefits of having VAR doesn't it, that we tin rectify this wide and evident error,” Webb said connected the latest variation of Match Officials Mic'd Up.

“The on-field officials consciousness it's been played by an attacking subordinate to Havertz but erstwhile you ticker it back, it's not, it's really played by James Justin, the defender, and truthful precise quickly, efficiently we tin measurement successful and we tin springiness the extremity back. It's a truly bully objection I accidental of the payment of VAR which doesn't lone instrumentality goals distant but sometimes springiness them back.”

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