{"id":3188,"date":"2021-12-19T13:27:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T18:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/19\/arsenal-legend-outlines-another-problem-mikel-arteta-has\/"},"modified":"2021-12-19T13:27:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T18:27:40","slug":"arsenal-legend-outlines-another-problem-mikel-arteta-has","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/19\/arsenal-legend-outlines-another-problem-mikel-arteta-has\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal legend outlines \u2018another problem\u2019 Mikel Arteta has"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Arsenal hammer Leeds<\/h2>\n<p>Arsenal faced off with Leeds United on Saturday evening in the day\u2019s only Premier League clash.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dugout-video dugout-embed-eyJrZXkiOiIiLCJwIjoiZ3JlYXRnb2FscyIsInBsIjoibWF0Y2gifQ==\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.dugout.com\/v3.1\/greatgoals.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Leeds headed into the game experiencing a huge personnel crisis, with a number of top stars out due to either injury or illness.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Marcelo Bielsa had to field a very, very weak squad on the day. And, given Leeds\u2019 poor form anyway, an Arsenal win did seem very likely.<\/p>\n<p>So, when the Gunners eventually came away with a resounding 4-1 win, not too many will have been surprised.<\/p>\n<p>A first-half brace from Gabriel Martinelli was followed by further strikers from Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith Rowe, whilst a 75<sup>th<\/sup>-minute penalty from Raphinha was little more than a consolation for the Whites.<\/p>\n<h2>Mikel Arteta\u2019s Smith Rowe problem<\/h2>\n<p>As mentioned above, Emile Smith Rowe would bag the 4<sup>th<\/sup> of the day for Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder once again came off the bench, like he did vs West Ham in midweek, to score for the north Londoners.<\/p>\n<p>Now, after doing so for two games in a row, Ian Wright believes Smith Rowe has handed Mikel Arteta another problem, though in a positive sense.<\/p>\n<p>When speaking about Smith Rowe post-Leeds, Wright stated:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAt the moment what he\u2019s doing is brilliant\u201d \u201cWhat you\u2019re seeing with Emile Smith Rowe is \u2018Ok, I\u2019m out of the team but when I come on, I don\u2019t care if I\u2019m getting two minutes, five minutes, ten minutes, I\u2019m going to get a chance, I\u2019m going to make sure I score.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhat he\u2019s doing now, what he\u2019s realised is that it\u2019s about goals, it\u2019s about end product. \u201cIt\u2019s something that he\u2019s worked on and the manager\u2019s wanted him to work on and now he\u2019s showing the manager \u2018right if you put me on the bench I\u2019m looking to score a goal.\u2019 \u201cHe\u2019s done it and given the manager another problem and that is exactly what you want.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Quotes via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/news\/arteta-ian-wright-arsenal-emile-25736461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mirror<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/tottenham-hotspur-vs-liverpool-betting-tips-preview-predictions-odds\/\">Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool betting tips: Preview, predictions &amp; odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-live-streaming\/tottenham-hotspur-vs-liverpool-live-streaming-watch-premier-league-online\/\">Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool live streaming: Watch Premier League online<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal hammer Leeds Arsenal faced off with Leeds United on Saturday evening in the day\u2019s only Premier League clash. Leeds headed into the game experiencing a huge personnel crisis, with a number of top stars out due to either injury or illness. As a result, Marcelo Bielsa had to field a very, very weak squad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-3188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3188\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}