French World Cup winner and Gunners legend Emmanuel Petit has shared the one factor which has deeply involved him about Arsenal for a very long time.
Arsenal face Tottenham in North London Derby in the present day
The day has come for supervisor Mikel Arteta and his squad to do battle in opposition to fierce north London rivals Tottenham, with the 14:00 kick off looming and Arsenal determined to grab all three factors.
Arsenal have a few key absences, particularly in midfield, with Mikel Merino sidelined till mid-October on the earliest and Declan Rice unavailable via suspension.
Arteta might drop Kai Havertz again into midfield this afternoon, and play new arrival Raheem Sterling as a false-nine on his doable debut for Arsenal, as they try to plug the gaps left by Rice and Merino’s absences.
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Arsenal’s subsequent 5 Premier League video games |
Date |
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Tottenham (away) |
September 15 |
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Man Metropolis (away) |
September 22 |
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Leicester Metropolis (house) |
September 28 |
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Southampton (house) |
October 5 |
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Bournemouth (away) |
October 19 |
Defender Riccardo Calafiori, captain Martin Odegaard and striker Gabriel Jesus are contending to be match, in keeping with Arteta in his pre-match Arsenal press convention on Friday, with the trio all touch-and-go relying on final minute assessments.
The Premier League title hopefuls have been desperately unfortunate with accidents over the worldwide break and beforehand, which is regrettably out of Arteta’s management, because the Spaniard now seems to be to arrange his crew in the best manner doable in opposition to a plucky, attack-minded Tottenham aspect.
Sporting director Edu Gaspar introduced in 5 main signings to strengthen Arsenal’s squad over the summer season, with Sterling, Neto, Merino, Calafiori and David Raya becoming a member of for underneath £100 million.
Nevertheless, their lack of depth continues to be a priority, particularly for Petit.
Emmanuel Petit shares the one actual fear he has about Arsenal
Chatting with TalkSPORT, Petit shared his actual concern about Arsenal’s lack of rotation choices, suggesting it might be their achilles heel as Arteta makes an attempt to finish Arsenal’s 21-year-long look ahead to a league title.
“Metropolis began poorly (final season) and so they had been lacking large gamers through the season, however they received the title,” Petit mentioned.
“I am undecided that may be doable for Arsenal when it comes to high quality and amount of gamers. That is what I have been anxious about for ages, the rotation of the crew. Now they’re again within the Champions League once more. Enjoying each single three days, worldwide responsibility as nicely along with your nation, which means it’s essential to get rotation in your crew.
“While you get essential gamers injured, what is the answer for Arteta? He is acquired gamers, however not in the identical place and who can’t carry the identical qualities on the pitch. I am fairly positive that Arteta and his employees have been scratching their heads looking for one of the best answer, particularly in midfield.
“In trendy soccer, you win video games within the midfield many of the occasions. These two guys are leaders, Rice and Odegaard. I am very, very upset they will not be right here on Sunday as a result of when it comes to rotation, it is already fairly restricted for Arteta.”
After Tottenham, Arteta and co face essential fixtures nearly instantly – with Atalanta awaiting them within the Champions League simply days later and a visit to Man Metropolis looming subsequent weekend..
