Thierry Henry has seen improvement from Arsenal under Mikel Arteta but insists one thing is holding them back from hitting greater heights.
Thierry Henry feels Arsenal have a team capable of beating anyone in the Premier League. However, the Gunners must find consistency if they are to become contenders for honours.
The Gunners beat north London rivals Tottenham on Sunday to put a spring in the step of their fans, but they still find themselves behind Spurs in the table.
Henry feels Gunners boss Mikel Arteta has the club trending in the right direction, but wants to see consistency brought to their play.
Speaking on the Monday Night Football Show, Henry was asked to appraise his former club and gave his assessment of their ‘progress’ so far.
“I think Mikel bought himself some time by winning the FA Cup last year,” Henry said.
“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.”
Speaking of consistency, Arsenal have put together a decent run of late. In all competitions, the Gunners have lost only one games across their last nine outings.
A top-four finish for the Gunners is a rather daunting ask but it remains possible; at least David Luiz thinks so.
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