Jamie Carragher has suggested Mikel Arteta will be the next Jose Mourinho rather than the new Pep Guardiola.
Arsenal ended in a 2-2 draw with Liverpool. super sundae After a dominant first half.
The Gunners suffered a setback due to injuries to Gabriel and Julian Timber, but they regained their form after the break and the game followed a similar pattern to draws with Brighton and Man City before losing to Bournemouth.
“I’m starting to worry about Arsenal’s mental health,” he concluded. Sky Sports” Roy Keene.
“When they get in front, instead of going for the third goal, they fall back. Liverpool were there to score it if they wanted to. I’m worried about their belief. They’re really Manchester City Do you have the belief that you can take on the challenge? ”
As a mitigation measure, all of Arsenal’s setbacks so far this season have occurred when they were reduced to 10 players, with Thomas playing most of the second half against Liverpool, who were in the lead at the weekend. – Played in Partey’s makeshift back four. Ben White, Jakub Kivioglu, Miles Lewis-Skelly.
“The interesting thing about watching Arsenal is that I’ve been thinking about this for a long time. Mikel Arteta worked with Pep Guardiola, so we think he’s a disciple of Pep Guardiola. “I’m here,” Carragher said.
“But the two most successful managers of the last 15 years are Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho.
“Mikel Arteta is overdue for his transformation into a Jose Mourinho-type manager. No one thought it would happen. Today they retreated in the second half.”
Does Arteta calculate that he can win the title through defense alone?
Despite a difficult start to the season, with a spate of injuries and three red cards in nine games slowing their momentum, Arsenal remain five points clear of the top of the table.
And Carragher believes Arteta’s “Mourinho-esque” tactics may have been deliberately planned.
“This is not a criticism. It’s an observation about where Arsenal are as a team. Maybe it’s Arteta looking at his attacking players and saying, ‘We’re not as good as Manchester City, we’re not as good in the league. We have to win.’ Maybe by being the best team defensively. ‘And that’s what they were last season and probably still is.
“But the idea that Arsenal play great football and he’s like Pep Guardiola, he’s not. Look at how the players are doing today. Who’s doing well and who’s not? It was all kept secret before the game about Jose Mourinho’s playbook. ”
