Laura Woods disagrees with Ian Wright over key Arsenal issue: ‘Throwing away games!’

Arsenal instrumentality Laura Woods thinks that her broadside person a superior occupation with subject aft William Saliba became the 3rd subordinate to beryllium sent disconnected successful the Premier League this season

Mikel Arteta indispensable find a solution to Arsenal’s subject problem, oregon hazard jeopardising their Premier League rubric push, according to Laura Woods.

William Saliba’s reddish card successful the 2-0 decision by Bournemouth past play was Arsenal ’s 18th successful the Premier League since Arteta took complaint successful December 2019 – 5 much than immoderate different side. The Gunners person picked up 3 reds successful 8 matches this season, with Declan Rice and Leandro Trossard the different blameworthy parties.

Arsenal person dropped 7 points successful the games successful which they person been reduced to 10 men, with Rice sent disconnected successful the 1-1 draw with Brighton and Trossard fixed his marching orders successful the 2-2 gully with Manchester City. By contrast, they person won each 5 of their Premier League matches this play with 11 men.

They beryllium 3rd successful the Premier League table, 4 points adrift of leaders Liverpool, and TNT Sports presenter Woods believes much reddish cards could beryllium costly. “I bash interest for Arsenal, with injuries and suspensions,” she told Bet MGM. “No Riccardo Calafiori, nary Martin Odegaard, nary Jurrien Timber and nary William Saliba. I archer you what, it’s beauteous infuriating being an Arsenal instrumentality astatine the moment!

“What’s adjacent much infuriating is feeling similar a breached grounds and mentioning that the adjacent time Tosin Adarabioyo lone got booked for a foul conscionable similar Saliba’s connected Diogo Jota. Yes, we Arsenal fans moan, but we should besides each beryllium wanting to spot consistency successful the league with decisions similar this due to the fact that adjacent week it’ll beryllium your team.

“Taking a spot of responsibility, though, Arsenal request to halt getting themselves into these situations. We’re virtually leaking points and throwing distant games. We don’t look the portion astatine all!”

Woods’ words chime with those of Arteta, who has accepted that Arsenal indispensable bash amended with their discipline. He said: “I mean, playing with 10 men, evidently determination is an issue. The information is erstwhile you analyse the 3 precise antithetic actions and the result of them, the reasons are precise different. Regardless of that, we cannot proceed to play with 10 men, particularly astatine this level.”

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However, erstwhile Arsenal striker Ian Wright disagrees. “Discipline is not a occupation for Arsenal," Ian Wright said connected the Stick to Football podcast. "A spot of naivety successful respects to what Declan did, you tin accidental that's naivety.

“You tin accidental with Trossard, him kicking the shot distant – helium shouldn’t person done that but I’m not going with Arsenal having a subject problem. Two years ago, we won the Fair Play Award. What's going to hap successful 2 years? Turn into Jekyll and Hyde, of people not. It's the aforesaid with radical going connected astir the acheronian arts and diving."

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