Thierry Henry reveals what has 'hurt' Mikel Arteta the most in worrying Arsenal verdict

Arsenal looked definite to triumph the Premier League successful 2022-23 aft racking up an eight-point pb implicit Manchester City with 10 points to go, lone to endure a illness arsenic Pep Guardiola's men overtook them

Arsenal fable Thierry Henry has claimed Mikel Arteta was "hurt" by the team's failed Premier League rubric bid successful the 2022-23 play - and believes the Spaniard has made the Gunners much antagonistic arsenic a result.

Arteta's men looked definite to triumph their archetypal Premier League rubric since 2003-04 successful the play earlier past aft racking up an 8 constituent pb implicit Manchester City with 10 games to go.

The Gunners were playing immoderate awesome shot nether Arteta and looked similar worthy champions, earlier a late-season illness saw Pep Guardiola's men overtake them to triumph the league by 5 points.

Arsenal ran City adjacent again the pursuing run arsenic they amassed a full of 89 points, but were narrowly pipped to the crown arsenic the Sky Blues picked up 91 points.

Now Arsenal are bidding to yet flooded their hoodoo by overhauling leaders Liverpool this play and they faced City astatine the Emirates connected Sunday, but Henry believes their failures person had a damaging interaction psychologically.

"I think, the archetypal rubric that we mislaid against Man City, it did wounded a batch of radical astatine the club, particularly Mikel," helium told Sky Sports up of Arsenal's clash. "You saw that helium went successful large games successful antithetic way. Before it was each fancy, it became much let's not concede.

"It's present a squad that's precise bully astatine acceptable pieces but it's not the aforesaid way. [Martin] Odegaard doesn't tally the amusement anymore. The shot doesn't spell to him often it goes mode quicker connected the helping astatine times to find a country oregon a escaped kick."

Henry is 1 of the top players successful Arsenal's past aft scoring 226 goals successful 370 appearances for the northbound London side, helping them triumph the Premier League doubly and the FA Cup 3 times. He was portion of an Arsenal broadside playing breathless shot nether Arsene Wenger.

While fans person been treated to immoderate entertaining performances nether Arteta - the erstwhile France planetary has questioned wherefore Arsenal person focused connected grinding retired results alternatively than pushing connected to triumph them.

"It's astir the important moments successful games," helium added. "Last twelvemonth against Villa, this twelvemonth against Brighton, I saw a. squad that was reasoning overmuch much astir Mitoma than winning the game. Winners win.

"Same against Villa. In the 67th minute, you instrumentality disconnected Odegaard and enactment connected Jorginho. It's 0-0. The large coaches successful past decorativeness with 4 strikers and effort to triumph the game. I deliberation that's thing we don't bash good astatine times. Sometimes we're reasoning much astir 'let's not suffer it' alternatively than 'lets triumph it'."

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