Gabriel Magalhaes:" At Brazil we are trying to follow the same defensive blueprint as Mikel Arteta .We have to defend for our lives, block every shot and we’ll be closer to winning games.
We cannot concede goals. That is the mindset. At Arsenal, Mikel Arteta tells us every day, if we do not concede, we will always have a chance to win. It is the same here with Brazil. We have great attackers, we have great talent, but it all starts from defence. If we are solid at the back, the goals will come.
So for me, it is simple. Block every shot, defend for our lives, and do not concede. That is the blueprint. That is the Arsenal way, and now it is the Brazil way too. We will fight, we will suffer together, and we will win together."
Gary Neville:"We have not seen the best of Bruno. He is not convincing right now. The performances are not there, the consistency is not there, the impact is not there. For a player of his quality, we expect more. We expect him to control games, to create chances, to make the difference. But so far, he has not done
He looks lost at times, he looks frustrated, he looks like he is trying too hard. The passes are not coming off, the decisions are not right, the magic we know he has is not showing. He is not the Bruno we know. He needs to step up, because right now, he is not convincing anyone.
And that is why it is so important when Lewis Skelly starts or when he is subbed in. When Lewis Skelly comes on, the whole team changes. He brings energy, he brings drive, he brings courage on the ball. Whether he starts the game or comes off the bench, he lifts the team. He wins duels, he drives forward, he gives the team something Bruno is not giving right now. Lewis Skelly is the spark this team needs."
When Aguero, Sane, Sterling, Gündoğan, Mahrez and De Bruyne left City, I celebrated as though we won the Champions League.
I did that not only because of how they tormented my innocent Arsenal but because I knew it would be difficult for City to replace them after they're gone.
You hardly live to witness another player as good as De Bruyne play for your club after enjoying the real De Bruyne. A man doesn't enjoy his prime twice.
It happened as expected. Of all the legendary players City replaced, Haaland is the only upgrade. He's not even better than Aguero in most aspects of the game. He's merely a better scorer.
The player they brought to replace Sterling was a downgrade, so was the replacement of Mahrez, De Bruyne and Gundogan but it didn't show much cause Pep was there to cover the loopholes up with his tactical brilliance.
I knew it's over for City the moment Pep left and Maresca was brought in as his replacement.
You know why?
Because he's the worse replacement of all the replacements City had managed ever since their important players started leaving.
But that too is normal. You don't reing forever.
You shine, shift and allow others to shine too.
City golden era is over, it's now Arteta's Arsenal time to shine!
If Arsenal win the 2026/27 Premier League title, we'll move up to 5 Premier League titles.
Manchester United – 13 (with no VAR)
CHEATS – 8
Chelsea – 5
Liverpool – 2 🙃
Two things worth pointing out in this picture:
1. Manchester United: Their last Premier League title came in the 2012/13 season. By 2026, that's 13 years without winning the league.
2. Chelsea: They last lifted the Premier League trophy in the 2016/17 season. By 2026, that's 10 years without another league title.
With the way things are going at both clubs, I think it will take them another 30 years to smell the Premier League trophy again.
It's not that I'm wishing them bad luck, though. I just hope it takes them even longer than that.
Mikel Arteta should not DARE to use FAVOUR!TISM to start Bukayo Saka ahead of Noni Madueke for the rest of the season, like he did between Kai Havertz and Viktor Gyökeres.
Mikel Arteta should allow Bukayo Saka to F!GHT for his PLACE in this SQUAD, allow him to F!GHT it out with Noni Madueke.
I really want Eze to EMULATE Madueke as well, because Noni Madueke did SOMETHING no one expected by "GOING AWAY, STARTING to TRAIN and BECOMING a DIFFERENT Noni Madueke."
Noni Madueke wasn't going to accept that SITUATION & he meant business, he showed it.
Since then, he has been INCREDIBLE for us to SEE.
MADUEKE has the ability, and I knew that since last season, even said he's BETTER than Bukayo Saka.
HONESTLY... Bukayo Saka will have to 'UP HIS GAME'.
As much as Mikel Arteta is GOOD as a coach ATIMES, he's not very EFFECTIVE with team selection COMBINATIONS and ROTATION style with the BIG squad he has.
Mikel Arteta is not good at COMBINING his players' profiles on the PITCH in his SELECTION, and they don't always COMPLEMENT each other.
He puts together a COMBINATION in the first team that STRüGGLES because their PROFILES don't work or COMPLEMENT each other.
This COSTS Arsenal in some CRUCIAL matches.
Also, Mikel Arteta doesn’t know how to ROTATE his BIG squad, instead of getting his FIRST team eleven PROFILES right and letting them GEL together to establish CHEMISTRY before starting his ROTATION, he FA!LS to do so.
Additionally, he doesn't know when to REST a player or when not to RUSH a player back from INJURY.
He loves to RUN players into the GROUND before turning to his RüSTY backup PLAYERS.
Mikel Arteta needs to WORK on this and do BETTER.
Get your FIRST team right with the right COMBINATION of profiles, and you are GOOD to go, even with your BACKUPS.
Look at Saka now... ASSUMING he's not injured, Madueke may not be given a CHANCE to PLAY.
The same thing is HAPPENING with Christos Tzolis, and even KAI was RUSHED back from injury and lost his FORM, but he KEPT playing him into the GROUND.
Mikel Arteta is the WöRST at MANAGING a BIG squad.