Arsenal news: 'Petulant' behaviour slammed as Mikel Arteta handed referee warning

Mikel Arteta and Arsenal are successful enactment for a tricky Premier League clash against Liverpool connected Sunday and could spell into the crippled without respective cardinal first-team stars

It's crunch clip for Arsenal connected Sunday day arsenic rubric rivals Liverpool question to the Emirates Stadium.

Arne Slot's Reds tin determination 7 points wide of Mikel Arteta's squad if they're capable to sphere their 100 percent grounds connected the road. They'll beryllium up against against an Arsenal squad shorn of the suspended William Saliba, with respective different players successful information of missing retired done wounded for the hosts.

Arteta gave a pessimistic update connected Bukayo Saka, Riccardo Calafiori and Jurrien Timber erstwhile helium spoke to the media connected Friday. While helium stopped abbreviated of ruling each 3 out, it appears improbable that each of them volition beryllium involved.

In the lead-up to the game, though, it's not conscionable Arsenal's wounded concern which has been attracting attention. Here, Mirror Football provides the latest lines from astir North London.

Arsenal antics upset Deeney

Arsenal and Troy Deeney person past from the erstwhile Watford striker's clip successful the Premier League. The nine have fallen foul of Deeney again of late, but this clip it's the caller reddish cards for Leandro Trossard and William Saliba which person near him irritated.

"If the likes of Declan Rice, Leandro Trossard and William Saliba had been sent disconnected for convulsive conduct, assertive behaviour oregon arguing with refs, I could understand," Deeney wrote successful The Sun. "These things happen, determination on. But successful Arsenal’s case, nary of them were for tackles. They were simply for petulant, lazy and anserine actions — things that manager Mikel Arteta cannot relationship for.

"In each fairness, Rice’s reddish against Brighton for kicking the shot distant was mental. The ref handled that badly. But Trossard’s against Manchester City was incredibly petulant."

Arteta issues challenge

Mikel Arteta has challenged his Arsenal players to amusement they're up for a rubric charge. The manager laid down the gauntlet successful the lead-up to the Liverpool meeting, wherever a depleted squad volition purpose to get a result.

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“When you suffer your captain, that’s a large thing," Arteta said. "When you suffer your cardinal defender, a afloat back, different afloat back, a striker, a winger: the squad has to person the resources. First of each mentally to accommodate to that and past support the aforesaid content that adjacent similar this we’re a large team.

“I emotion watching individuals and teams respond to that. It is simply a [down] look? I hatred it. I haven’t seen it successful the staff, I haven’t seen it upstairs, I haven’t seen anyone speech astir it. Get connected with it. Get connected with it. Show your teeth. Show however overmuch you privation it."

Gunners handed referee warning

Former Premier League referee Peter Walton believes existent officials person wised up to Arsenal's usage of the alleged 'dark arts'. Walton has compared the Gunners' behaviour to that employed by Chelsea, aft helium oversaw games involving the West London nine astatine the commencement of the Roman Abramovich era.

The erstwhile authoritative admitted referees volition bash homework connected players and teams up of games. "It would beryllium unprofessional not to larn from what has gone before. So referees volition speech observations," Walton wrote successful The Times.

"For example, successful my day, Chelsea were bully astatine blocking opponents disconnected the ball, but past referees and the media drew attraction to their tactics and they were overmuch much apt to beryllium caught," . "I consciousness a akin process has happened precocious with Arsenal’s acceptable pieces."

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