Mikel Arteta has been warned by former Arsenal man Martin Keown to not repeat Unai Emery’s mistakes after the club’s defeat to Leicester City.
Arsenal fell to their third defeat of the Premier League season at the hands of Leicester on Sunday to slip down to 10th in the standings.
The Foxes ran out 1-0 winners at the Emirates Stadium, courtesy of a late Jamie Vardy goal. In hindsight, though, Arsenal should have done better. They dominated possession and had 12 attempts on goal, but failed to trouble Kasper Schmeichel seriously.
Now Keown fears that Arteta’s constant tinkering of his side could lead to the same drop in form that led to his predecessor Emery’s departure last year.
“They keep changing from one system to another and they did this with Emery,” the former Gunners defender told Stadium Astro.
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“That’s what I would like to see now, the same pictures, the same triangles, the same movements, the same partnerships, the same relationships.
“If you keep changing it, you don’t find a rhythm, and that’s something that I found in a very successful team.
“It was like putting an old pair of slippers on for a game. Everything was there. You’d fire it into midfield to Patrick Vieira, into Dennis Bergkamp, [Thierry] Henry into the channel; it was three passes.
“These players now are getting the ball now and it’s jamming a little bit, so I think keep it simple and start building from this team. If this is the way he wants to play, keep with it, and try to put the people in it and get the messages right and work on it.
“It was very static, the front three never really moved from positions, they didn’t make themselves available.”
Arteta and Arsenal will return to action at home to Dundalk in the Europa League on Thursday.
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