Spanish Wonder!
Manchester City assistant coach Mikel Arteta is of the opinion that the club’s players are the best crop anyone can find in the world at the moment.
Arteta stood in for fellow Spaniard Pep Guardiola when the manager received a touchline ban for City’s Champions League opening game against Olympique Lyonnais in September last year.
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Manchester City assistant coach Mikel Arteta believes that his team can still improve. He said that it is true that they have made a good start to the season but he thinks that the team can still become better. He said that when analyzing games afterward you can see that there are some mistakes and that they should work on eliminating those mistakes.
He said that when playing against the better sides these mistakes can cause problems and this is why they need to improve. He said that the Manchester City players should learn how to keep possession better and make sure that they do not open themselves up for counter-attacks.
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Mikel Arteta’s return to the Emirates will show Arsenal what they’re missing. It’s become a known fact that Arsene Wenger lacks leaders at his club – but, over the past few years, they’ve barely ever had their club captain on the pitch.
This season, Per Mertesacker has not yet made a single appearance. His predecessor, Mikel Arteta, managed just six league starts in his two years as club captain, while before that, then-skipper Thomas Vermaelen started only seven times in his final campaign before suffering a disastrous injury.
It means that, in Arsenal’s last 141 league games, their captain has started only 13 times. Continue reading