Mikel Arteta admits Arsenal must 'improve' one thing to beat Man City as he lauds 'exceptional' duo

Head adviser Mikel Arteta is aware that Arsenal needs to address one of their faults if they are to lay a handwear cover on Manchester Urban on Sunday.

The Artillerymans’ dependence on captain Martin Odegaard, who is not available for multiple weeks through an ankle injury, was presented in their goalless Victors League opener versus Atalanta in Italy on Thursday evening.

Brazil international Gabriel Jesus returned to the assail, and also took the skipper’s armband, but he underperformed as he was dragged off after an hour.

Bukayo Saka urged a nice save from Atalanta keeper Marco Carnesecchi and also Gabriel Martinelli skied a remarkable late opportunity, but it was a flat display expurgate and also not one to argue the Artillerymans can aggravation Urban in Sunday’s pinnacle-of-the-table Premier League clash at the Etihad Arena.

“Yes, we want to simplify in particular rooms but in ordinance to do that it’s paramount that we have to be a figure, a figure much better,” asserted Arsenal boss Arteta.

“We never obtained proximities or the appropriate relationships, or placed the sphere in rooms wherein they in fact rot. We need to be a figure unwanted conforming if we want the group to circulation.

“For sure we will conceivably concoct to threat and also win. That’s been the post already. In ordinance to do that there are witnessing be points that we have to do a figure much better than versus Atalanta.

“There are some points that we have executed vastly nicely and also we are witnessing have to do them anew. Accepted that we all realize we call for a big capability to overcome them.”

David Raya’s absurd twin save from Mateo Retegui’s penalty assured Arsenal proceeded to be translucent of defeat in Bergamo.

Yet the Artillerymans cannot rely unsociable on the Spaniard to restrain Erling Haaland, through centre-fifty percents Gabriel Magalhaes and also William Saliba fulcrum to manipulating the exhaust-racking upward Norwegian.

“They are in a nice minute and also have been extremely, extremely conforming for the past two seasons together,” added Arteta.

“There is an absurd chemistry there and also you can sense it. They offered us a figure versus Atalanta – I believed they were both superior.

“Once you browse through the statistics and also the figure of aims that (Haaland) ratings after that you can tell that he is one of the foremost sources. We need to restrain him from racking upward.”