Arsenal’s Mentality Has Changed Under Arterta – Emmanuel Petit

Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has found a cure for Arsenal’s sickness, according to Emmanuel Petit.

Petit is happy with the way the ex-player has fixed the leaky defence the club has battled with for some time now.

According to him, since Arteta joined, there has been an increase in intensity, togetherness and work rate from the players and everything is down to the Spaniard.

He added that the mentality is different under the new manager even if they have not been winning as many games as they would want.

His words, “When Mikel Arteta took over at Arsenal, the team was sick,”

“Sick on the pitch and in the dressing room. They were losing shape and blindly going nowhere. They were weak.

“Now, after several weeks of the Arteta regime I’ve seen different things happening in terms of intensity, togetherness and work rate off the ball.

“The mentality is different and some players are getting back to form, like Granit Xhaka. I’m very pleased with how he has played and the mentality he has shown.

“Mesut Ozil has looked better on occasion and I’m happy with what I see from Lucas Torreira.

“The players seem to be getting the message from Arteta and I think it’s clear what he wants from them on and off the pitch in terms of discipline and commitment. It looks like they’re following the rules he sets out on the training pitch.

“They haven’t been winning as many games as they’d like but they also haven’t been losing. More goals are needed if they want to win, which is the major problem.

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“The first priority when Arteta took over was to stop the team conceding stupid goals, and he has done that. But in the meantime they’re suffering a bit up front – I think if they keep playing like this that, sooner or later, they’re going to win games.”