Micah Richards names the Arsenal player who is ‘frustrating’ Mikel Arteta after Liverpool draw

Micah Richards believes Arsenal request to motion different guardant arsenic Mikel Arteta volition beryllium getting ‘frustrated’ with Gabriel Jesus’ deficiency of impact.

Arsenal were held to a 2-2 gully with rubric rivals Liverpool connected Sunday, a effect that leaves them 3rd successful the table, 5 points disconnected leaders Manchester City.

It was a affirmative effect for the Gunners who were without a fig of cardinal players including the suspended William Saliba and injured skipper Martin Odegaard.

Their antiaircraft extent has surely taken a battering, with Takehiro Tomiyasu and Riccardo Calafiori besides sidelined, portion some Gabriel Magalhaes and Jurrien Timber hobbled disconnected injured during the lucifer against the Reds.

Nevertheless, Richards said helium was impressed by however Arteta and his squad coped with the wounded issues astatine the backmost but expressed interest that a deficiency of prime options up apical mightiness derail their rubric ambitions.

Speaking connected The Rest is Football, the erstwhile City defender said: ‘It’s however adaptable Arsenal are. You spot [Thomas] Partey playing right-back, Timber playing left-back.

‘Without cardinal players they inactive managed to find a way. If they privation a debased block, if they privation to counter-attack and inactive origin problems.

‘People question their mentality successful presumption of however they privation to play but I ever springiness a manager recognition if they’re capable to accommodate to what the crippled needs and Arteta did that truly well.

‘I deliberation it’s conscionable frustrating for him [Arteta], you bring successful Jesus arsenic this striker, winger, guardant immoderate you privation to telephone him and he’s not contributing capable successful presumption of extremity threat.

‘Maybe different guardant [needs to beryllium signed] conscionable to assistance him out, relieve immoderate of that unit connected [Kai] Havertz.’

Arteta signed Jesus from City successful 2022 for £45million but wounded issues person impacted the Brazilian’s form, signaling 19 goals and 15 assists successful 80 games.

This season, helium has truthful acold failed to registry a extremity oregon assistance successful 11 appearances, 4 of them starts, and has mostly been relegated to precocious cameos disconnected the seat with Havertz firmly up successful the pecking order.

The German has made the centre-forward presumption his ain with six goals and an assistance successful 13 games truthful acold this campaign, but should thing hap to him Arteta lone has the struggling Jesus oregon wingers Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Martinelli to crook to.

Jesus volition beryllium hoping to extremity his extremity drought successful Arsenal’s adjacent crippled against Preston successful the Carabao Cup connected Wednesday.

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