{"id":1855,"date":"2020-07-22T07:16:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T07:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uncensoredarsenal.com\/?p=1855"},"modified":"2020-07-22T07:16:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T07:16:13","slug":"disaster-for-arteta-and-arsenal-at-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uncensoredarsenal.com\/index.php\/disaster-for-arteta-and-arsenal-at-villa\/","title":{"rendered":"Disaster For Arteta and Arsenal at Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1866\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1866\" class=\"wp-image-1866\" src=\"https:\/\/uncensoredarsenal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mikel-arteta-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uncensoredarsenal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mikel-arteta-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uncensoredarsenal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mikel-arteta-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uncensoredarsenal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mikel-arteta.jpg 968w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Mikel Arteta was the hero after Liverpool and City but questioned after Villa.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>After humongous victories against Liverpool and Manchester in successive premier league and FA cup matches an Arsenal side, with pretensions to a top-7 European place, traveled to the Midlands on Tuesday\u00a0 to meet a relegation threatened Aston Villa. Despite desperately in need of a win to keep alive their slim chances of qualifying for the Europa League, the Gunners were left with their tail between their legs after succumbing to a one-nil defeat without registering a single direct shot on the Villa goal.<\/p>\n<p>Mahmoud Ahmed Ibrahim Hassan aka Trezeguet rifled home his third goal in as many matches after 27 minutes when Conor Hourihane&#8217;s corner was flicked into his path by Tyrone Mings.<\/p>\n<p>Moments after Villa substitute Keinan Davis fired a great chance for a second wide, Arsenal nearly found an equaliser when Eddie Nketiah&#8217;s 77th-minute header came back off the inside of the post before bouncing kindly into Pepe Reina&#8217;s hands.<\/p>\n<p>The game can be summarized as one where Aston Villa sat back, clogged the middle and counter-attacked when possible, with Arsenal needing to take the initiative but lacking the technical nous and imagination to break down the low-block and create chances. Not a good day at the office.<\/p>\n<p>My friend Omar Javed was not able to do his usual match report but his comments on Twitter during the game is a recitation of the concerns he and this blog have had since the season resumed in mid-June.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I am reaching the point where I am seriously in doubt about the so called &#8216;Artetaball&#8217; style of football and whether it has anything to do with Arsenal Football Club!<br \/>\nIntensity alone won&#8217;t win you games you know!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Omair Javed (@omijaved) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/omijaved\/status\/1285697434291765251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Arsene Wenger never gave us such a horrid season in his 22 years of service. And to think that we abused him out of the door!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Omair Javed (@omijaved) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/omijaved\/status\/1285689498525982725?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I seriously don&#8217;t know why Arteta decided to change things up after the restart. I thought we were gradually getting better and there was a clear style of football to be seen that we can associate Arsenal with. But after restart, its like Mikel Arteta is not the same man anymore!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Omair Javed (@omijaved) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/omijaved\/status\/1285689290668810242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bottom line is that our style of football has been digging it&#8217;s own grave ever since the restart of the league!<br \/>\nOur best triumphs have been playing park the bus counter attacking football. Peak Mourinho style!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Omair Javed (@omijaved) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/omijaved\/status\/1285686666766815234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Arsene left one of the best technical midfield in the league with proper depth. 2 years on and Don Raul has almost destroyed it all. Only Xhaka and Ozil remains!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Omair Javed (@omijaved) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/omijaved\/status\/1285685086927622147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is why you will never be able to do well in league if you can&#8217;t create and has a midfield that has no technical ability!<br \/>\nYou can win cup competition with one dimensional football. But you will never achieve Top 6 even while playing like this!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Omair Javed (@omijaved) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/omijaved\/status\/1285684681191706624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Every team should learn from Villa!<br \/>\nJust let Arsenal have the ball and they can&#8217;t create shit!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Omair Javed (@omijaved) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/omijaved\/status\/1285683965530198022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are literally two injuries away from relegation battle next season! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Auba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Auba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Xhaka?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Xhaka<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Omair Javed (@omijaved) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/omijaved\/status\/1285671164740866049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I hope Arteta can be a manager who can build teams that dominate rather than chicken out when opposition doesn&#8217;t take the initiative!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Omair Javed (@omijaved) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/omijaved\/status\/1285670062209282049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Oh the creativity! Where you are hiding? Arteta can&#8217;t see you!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Omair Javed (@omijaved) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/omijaved\/status\/1285667884908281861?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>From an Arsenal point of view this defeat was the the culmination of a series of humiliations over the season. Losing to Villa meant the club is guaranteed to fall to its lowest position in the English top-flight in 25 years. Coming 12th in the 95\/96 was a low-point which portended the arrival of Arsene Wenger two years later.<\/p>\n<p>Six months ago Mikel Arteta was given the challenge of turning around the good ship Arsenal after the disastrous tenure of Unai Emery. After today&#8217;s game the enormity of the task he faces lay bare for all to see with criticisms and concerns already rising to the fore.<\/p>\n<p>All is not lost however. Hope springs eternal as the Gunners will have another crack at Europe when they meet Chelsea in the FA cup final at the end of the month. Football is a game full of surprises.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mikel Arteta was the hero after Liverpool and City but questioned after Villa. 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