Popular pundit, Thierry Henry has come out to say that Arsenal can beat any team in the EPL. He, however, revealed that the team just need to find consistency if they are to become contenders for major honours in England.
According to Henry, winning the FA Cup vs Chelsea definitely saved Arteta’s job, especially because of the prestige of the competition and the calibre of opposition that was defeated.
Henry added that Mikel has a great squad to work with at the Emirates, and the club is surely progressing under the Spaniard.
His words, “I think Mikel bought himself some time by winning the FA Cup last year,”
“The way they won it, and the team they won against, bought him some time with the fans and with the club because you have something to show at the end of the season.”
“What is lacking now is consistency. I sometimes watch the first halves of Arsenal and it seems like they don’t believe they can win.”
“Then when they are in a situation when they need to come back and have a go, it looks like ‘wow, why didn’t they start like that?’”
“You could see [on Sunday] they wanted to win the game. Tottenham made it a tiny bit easier for them on the day.”
“But I can see progress and now Mikel needs to move on to consistency.”
“I think Mikel has a good squad, you saw it yesterday,”
“I like the way he set up the team. If you look at the positions of the three strikers, he played almost 2-3-5 on the ball.”
“People were going forward; the intensity was there, the desire to win the game was there. When they play like that on the front foot and go forward, they can beat any team in the league.”
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