Mikel Arteta’s 200
The almost men of Arsenal produced another performance almost during the 1-1 draw at Manchester United, a display that was so much from their microcosm season, which lets them need binoculars to see Liverpool, who led the 15-point picture.
The Gunners woven pretty models around Old Trafford with their possession of 68.2%, but barely won a hard stroke on a single side side and a trusted cord until the shot of the 74th minute of Declan Rice equaled Bruno Fernandes’ free kick in the first half of the first half.
Arsenal has been fading for weeks, not to sign a recognized attacker exposed as an erroneous strategy, with injuries to Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz aggravating the absence of the Bukayo Saka.
And their failed transfer policy has entered Old Trafford in relief when, with the Arteta team needing a winning goal to maintain even the title chances of the tranche, he turned to the back of the back Kieran Tierney, who leaves for Celtic at the end of the season, rather than attacking Raheem Sterling.
Sterling was a last -minute signature in the summer transfer window on loan from Chelsea, but could not have an impact.
He seemed to be an Arteta Vanity project because he thought he could revive a career that had stopped at Stamford Bridge, where Sterling was marginalized by manager Enzo Maresca, despite his work with him for more successful moments in Manchester City.
If proof of the failure of the agreement was necessary, that was it. It was a bad adjustment when Arsenal desperately needed a scorer.
The view of the midfielder Mikel Merino working as an emergency attacker without effect underlined how Arsenal had left this key position for lots and lost.
Arteta admitted as much as he said: “The efficiency we had in the last 20 meters was not good enough. We know it.
“Coming to Old Trafford and doing what we have done is superb, but you have to capitalize and we did not do it. We then had to try to overthrow the result after having gone behind and you know how difficult it is.”
This does not take Arsenal into account had 48 hours more to prepare for this match that Manchester United, who played Real Sociedad in the Europa League on Thursday and has its own injury problems.
Arsenal, who won 7-1 at the PSV in their draw in the Champions League at the end of 16 Tuesday, had these factors in their favor, but were still not good enough to cash.
