It’s not in query that Mikel Arteta has reworked Arsenal since taking up as supervisor in 2019.
Arteta has obtained Arsenal again into the Champions League after a seven-year absence and led the Gunners to 2 second-placed finishes in a row within the Premier League.
That progress renewed optimism in north London and, after pushing to the ultimate day of the Premier League season within the final marketing campaign, many thought this may be the 12 months that Arsenal lastly lifted silverware.
Nonetheless, Arteta has been dealt plenty of blows all through this season with accidents to key gamers reminiscent of Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and Ben White.
When any Arsenal participant speaks about profitable trophies in interviews, they are saying that they’re ‘determined’ to win silverware and captain Odegaard used that phrase in his pre-match programme notes towards .
Reaching the semi-final of the Carabao Cup will not be Arsenal’s predominant goal however it did give them the hope of a visit to Wembley and likewise provides Arteta the possibility to carry a trophy which is what those that criticise his facet level to.
That feeling of desperation of eager to win a trophy and the frustration of missed probabilities towards , spilled into the Manchester United recreation, as Arsenal missed alternatives and failed to interrupt down a facet that performed with 10 males for practically an hour.
It’s under no circumstances a season that has fully derailed. These on the membership would level to Arsenal being on the identical factors within the league as they had been final season.
Nonetheless, two losses back-to-back at residence in cup competitions has began to create a sense that it might be one other marketing campaign the place Arsenal miss out on the highest prizes.
