For all of the plaudits Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has received in what must be remembered is his first managerial job, the Spaniard has one glaring weakness. When Arteta arrived he set out to organise the defence which had been leaking too many goals and he accomplished this, improving the likes of David Luiz and Shkodran Mustafi. Under Arsene Wenger, Arsenal were always the team to watch with their brand of pace, skill and flair but that has long gone and the players available to Arteta lack the technical quality, freedom and confidence to break teams down. Arteta looked miserable on the touchline as Aston Villa, led by Jack Grealish, Ross Barkley and Ollie Watkins, scythed through...
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