Mikel Arteta’s side have suffered consecutive Premier League defeats in a week that severely damaged their prospects of finishing in the top four and returning to the Champions League.
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Arsenal’s suffered a substantial setback to their hopes of Champions League spot as Brighton & Hove Albion cause a home defeat to Gunners on Saturday.
The defeat came just days after Mikel Arteta’s faction humbled himself in a three-goal defeat against Crystal Palace and completed a miserable week for the whole team. Consecutive losses against teams in the bottom half of the standings have left a big question mark on the team’s ability to finish the season in the top four.
While that may not have been the club’s goal at the start of the season, the demise of Manchester United The results of this campaign have opened the door – with Tottenham, West Ham and Wolf all in the run. With Arsenal without any European competition this season – after a disappointing eighth consecutive season under Arteta – and also without domestic cups, there is hope that they can close a position in the top four.
But currently, the Gunners have lost the last 3/4 matches and only scored 2 goals in that period. It’s an alarming time having endured a slump in form and their campaign now risks ending a disappointing run with the challenging final eight games of the season still to come.
These struggles were recently predicted by Ian Wright, who warned that the Gunners have a limited attacking playstyle that could be detected by opposing sides. He praised the form of Martin Odegaard, Emile Smith-Rowe, Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli but saw a pattern in Arteta’s attack, which could be thwarted by opposing teams.
Wright said, talked to CBS Sports last month: “The only thing that worries me is if those guys stop scoring where will the targets come from? Everyone will soon determine that if we can stop the fugitives, stop it. [the inside forwards] get in later [Arsenal are] will have difficulty because they don’t have many targets from other places.
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“That’s Lacazette’s thing. You just want him to score a few more goals. We need our striker to be at least 10-12. Premier League goal. We need that from someone. He is doing very well with the link play, we need more goals from him. ”
Arsenal have been trailed by Spurs in the race for the top four in a battle that could go down, with West Ham, Man United and Wolves all still with no hope of breaking into the final. Champions League on-site expertise. If Arsenal fail to make it through at the end of the campaign, this week will be looked back on with a lot of regret.
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