Paul Merson warns Arsenal ‘will get found out soon’ because of Mikel Arteta tactic

Paul Merson believes Arsenal are ‘sitting backmost excessively much’ and has urged Mikel Arteta to revert his broadside backmost to their ‘entertaining’, attacking benignant of play.

After 9 games, Arsenal beryllium 3rd successful the Premier League table, 5 points disconnected leaders Manchester City with each crippled deemed ‘must win’ if they are to bushed their rubric rivals.

Some person accused the Gunners of being a spot excessively antiaircraft astatine times this season, astir notably successful the 2-2 draws with City and Liverpool wherever they conceded precocious equalisers aft taking the pb successful the first-half.

The aforesaid occurred successful their 2-0 decision astatine Bournemouth aft William Saliba was sent off, and Merson has warned Arteta that if helium continues this maneuver it won’t extremity well.

‘Arsenal are sitting backmost excessively overmuch successful games now. I cognize they person cardinal players missing retired owed to injuries, but they should’ve attacked much against Liverpool past weekend,’ the Gunners fable told Sportskeeda.

‘Even if a gully is inactive a just effect for them, Arsenal weren’t arsenic free-flowing arsenic they were earlier and that’s a problem. The aged Arsenal were entertaining, present they’re conscionable sitting backmost and counter-attacking.

‘If you bash that each week successful this league, you volition get recovered retired soon. I anticipation this alteration successful strategy is lone owed to the players they are missing astatine the moment.

‘After the travel to Newcastle, they look Chelsea distant from home. These 2 games are important for the Gunners, they indispensable find a mode to triumph both!’

Arsenal question to St. James’ Park connected Saturday with respective cardinal defenders retired injured but it is the continued lack of skipper Martin Odegaard that is starving them of creativity and affecting their attack.

Nevertheless, Merson is inactive backing his erstwhile broadside to assertion each 3 points with a 2-1 triumph against the Magpies, adding: ‘This is simply a immense crippled for Arsenal. It’s 1 wherever you look astatine and think, “Arsenal indispensable triumph this one”.

‘Liverpool look Brighton this play and they already bushed them successful the Carabao Cup successful midweek, truthful we’re expecting the aforesaid effect again. You besides expect Manchester City to bushed Bournemouth truthful Arsenal cannot spend to gaffe up.

‘Newcastle bushed Chelsea during the cupful crippled successful midweek, but I uncertainty they tin backmost it up with different triumph connected Saturday. Alexander Isak seems to person returned to signifier and Anthony Gordon is ever a menace with his pace.

‘But I consciousness they are excessively unfastened astatine the backmost and bully teams tin ever prime them apart. When they person each their players successful bully form, Newcastle are a due squad but that isn’t the lawsuit astatine the moment. Arsenal triumph for maine successful this one!’

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