Mikel Arteta was responsible for injuries Arsenal leaving Liverpool and Man City this season but is also trying to use them against stupid opposition managers.

Liverpool are currently at the top Premier Leagueby five points Man City and above nine points Chelsea, Arsenal, Nottingham Forest And Brighton.

During Arsenal While the teams that were among the favorites for the championship are now among those to be followed, Arteta constantly blamed the injury crisis.

After a 1-1 draw Chelsea With the start of the international break in November, the Spaniard described his situation as follows:absolute nightmare“Even though we only had three players missing for that game.

It seems like this is all an attempt at mind games. Arsenal defender Oleksandr Zinchenko suggests this in his book To believe.

“(Arteta) likes to play games with the opposition,” Zinchenko wrote. Athletic.

“I saw him tell the injured players to get on the team bus and go into the dressing room with laundry bags to distract the other manager.”

Ahead of Liverpool’s 2-2 draw at the Emirates last month, Arteta claimed there were doubts about both Bukayo Saka and Jurrien Timber, but claimed they would both start.

Although it’s portrayed as clever mind games, the atmosphere of paranoia around Emirates makes him seem more desperate than anything else.

Arteta is lauded as a pioneering, elite-level coach, but in reality his methods are drawn from influences as diverse as Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola and Diego Simeone.

under his rule Arsenal They became one of the least popular teams in the league as their popularity waned due to their negative tactics and lack of sportsmanship.

While this may seem like a job well done when things are going well on the pitch, Arteta looks increasingly out of touch when they consistently fail to take the lead or drop points in important games.