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Arsenal 'chemistry' lacking as Ian Wright questions Mikel Arteta's midfield after Bournemouth defeat

Arsenal legend Ian Wright operating as a surgeon for ITV

Ian Wright operating as a surgeon for ITV

Ian Wright claims the lack of “chemistry” between two Arsenal players price them in defeat to Bournemouth and checked on your own Mikel Arteta’s midfield.

The Artillerymans squandered their initially arcade of the period on Saturday, going down 2-0 to Bournemouth at the Vitality arena after William Saliba was shown a applicable red card in the initially half.

It’s the 3rd time Arsenal have been lowered to 10 males in the Premier League this period and they’ve dropped short to win any of those galleries, luring using Brighton and Manchester Urban.

Wright claims “discipline is not a anxiety for Arsenal” despite those red cards and opines the mistake for defeat lay using Ben White and Raheem Sterling, who struggled to transaction using Reds winger Antoine Semenyo.

Ian Wright, chatting on the Stick to Football podcast, lugged to you by Paradises Wagered, said: “Going into the [Bournemouth] arcade, using the means Bournemouth are and how complicated they occupational and press – specifically [Antoine] Semenyo – we [Arsenal] couldn’t tackle Semenyo in that arcade.

“It was Raheem Stirling and Ben White; they haven’t obtained unchanged chemistry as White and [Bukayo] Saka. We saw how a number we miss out on a man pick Saka – Semenyo was also a number for us physically and masterfully.

“It’s still not quite clicking for Raheem. I reckoned it was participating in be a taxing arcade – I didn’t suppose us to lose the arcade – but as soon as you sift at the two chemisettes we rendered, you have to acquire punished for those and we did.”

Wright moreover checked on your own Arteta’s midfield collection and opines in the lack of Martin Odegaard Arsenal might have implemented using a man a number more genius amidst the park, pick young x-rated Ethan Nwaneri.

He said: “Once I saw [Mikel] Merino, [Thomas] Partey and [Declan] Rice – I was infering [Ethan] Nwaneri, the little girl.

“Against Bournemouth, you care a man who can perform something [in the middle] and design something, because that’s what was majorly absent out on.

“We obligatory a man to vanquished a man using the ball – I would have thieved a opportunity on him – I would have had Merino, Rice and Nwaneri playing in there [the number 10], to have something unalike.”

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Arsenal slipped past Shakhtar Donetsk in the Victors League on Tuesday but discredit a taxing test as soon as they rejoinder to Premier League reaction on Sunday as they welcome league leaders Liverpool to the Emirates.

Wright opines it’s arcade Arsenal can’t orchestrate to lose.

He added: “Certifying how complicated it is to warranty you’re chasing down and remaining in touch using them [Manchester City], the truth is, this arcade against this Liverpool side who have launched brightly [is a must not lose game].

“Whatever humans have been claiming around how simplified the overture possesses been for Liverpool – they’ve rendered it less complicated using the means they’ve messed around and they’ve prefabricated momentum.

“They are unborn to Arsenal now, and simply pick Bournemouth arranged at that group sheet, infering, ‘We’re participating in have a go at them’. Liverpool will unquestionably be infering, ‘Permit’s retain this tight and we can vanquished these males’. It’s upwards to us to verify that they can’t. We’ll investigate – I’ve obtained untarnished confidence in my employer.”

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