Those Calling Arsenal Bottlers Are Entitled To Their Opinion – Arteta

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has insisted that his players are not bottlers. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, while he admits that there has been a drop in quality over the past couple of weeks, he takes full responsibility for the club’s poor form.

Arteta added that he respects the opinion of those saying Arsenal is bottling yet another league, but he doesn’t agree.

His words, “That’s individual opinion, and you have to respect that.

You lose two points against Wolves in the manner that the game played out, and you have to take it on the chin. That’s it. It’s part of our role.

But it’s not part of my vocabulary and I don’t see it like this because I don’t think anybody wants to do that as an intention. I wouldn’t use that word.

When we haven’t been at our standards, I take full responsibility for that. I don’t think I have ever pointed at a single player or the team.

I can talk about standards, yes, and in the second half [against Wolves] we weren’t at our standards, which is normal when we play the amount of games we play as well, but if there is anyone who is responsible, that’s me.

We have a very clear instruction. We have to live in the present, and the present is beautiful.

We are exactly where we want to be in every competition. So, keeping calm, keeping my eyes open, my ears open, and understanding what the players need to give their best.

What I’ve seen [from the players] is a tremendous reaction. And I’m not surprised at all.

What I’m very interested in is the next chapter, what we are made of, and how we write our own destiny from here going forward.”

WOW.

Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. Arsenal compete in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.

The club has won 13 league titles (including one unbeaten title), a record 14 FA Cups, two League Cups, 17 FA Community Shields, the Football League Centenary Trophy, one European Cup Winners’ Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football.

After conducting an overhaul in the club’s operating model to coincide with Wenger’s departure, Spaniard Unai Emery was named as the club’s new head coach on 23 May 2018. He became the club’s first ever ‘head coach’ and second manager from outside the United Kingdom.

In Emery’s first season, Arsenal finished fifth in the Premier League and as runner-up in the Europa League. On 29 November 2019, Emery was dismissed as manager and former player and assistant first team coach Freddie Ljungberg was appointed as interim head coach. On 20 December 2019, Arsenal appointed former club captain Mikel Arteta as the new head coach. Arsenal finished the league season in eighth, their lowest finish since 1994–95, but beat Chelsea 2–1 to earn a record-extending 14th FA Cup win. After the season. Arteta’s title was changed from head coach to manager.