‘You just can’t trust Arsenal’ – Gary Neville
NEWS DIGEST – Gary Neville believes it will be impossible for Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta to solve their problems without a complete defensive overhaul.
“You just can’t trust Arsenal, you haven’t been able to for years,” he told the Gary Neville Podcast.
“We’ve all said it. Mikel Arteta – we should still say that the shape Arsenal are playing, the shape they have defensively I think is better than it was previously but the individuals within that will let you down.
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“It doesn’t matter how well you coach the shape, if you get exposed one on one or defenders make mistakes – as we saw in that game against Manchester City and against Brighton – then you’re just going to get punished.
“They just need defenders with better concentration. Jamie [Carragher] mentioned about Dejan Lovren being emotional.
“Sir Alex Ferguson – there were elements of me that were emotional sometimes as a player and he would knock it right out of me. He said I hate emotional defenders. He wants his defenders to be ice cold.”
