Arsenal welcome Manchester United to the Emirates Stadium for the FA Cup third round, and this is the team Mikel Arteta has selected to secure the win.
A few weeks ago, this game—while always competitive—was one that Arsenal fans would have felt confident about. However, recent results have shaken that confidence, and the match could now be a lot closer than Gooners might have anticipated.
The reason is simple: Arsenal have put in a number of lacklustre performances, including the home loss to Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup last Tuesday night, while United went to Anfield and, against all the odds, held a rampant Liverpool to a 2-2 draw.
If United replicate that Anfield performance and Arsenal play as they did against Newcastle and Brighton, then this FA Cup tie could go either way.
The pressure is certainly on Arteta. A defeat to the Red Devils, and the fans will start to turn against the Spaniard even more than they have already, which would not be good for anyone.
That said, on a positive note, Arsenal have only lost once at home in the last nine months, whereas United had been struggling until their performance against Liverpool, and there is no guarantee that Ruben Amorim’s men will reproduce the same performance this afternoon.
As long as Arsenal play as we know they can, they will win. However, any drop in performance, and it could be a bleak day for the Gunners.
Let us know in the comments below what you think of the team Arteta has selected and what your predicted final score is.
I called this all out months ago, but I was labeled an Arteta hater, a toxic fan.
This club has not been managed well.
Arteta is a wonderful coach, but the flaws are too many to ignore. It is up to the owner to set standards.
Ask yourself, if Arteta were in any other top 4 club in Europe, would he still have a job after spending $700 million without being able to deliver a trophy at the very least? juxtapose that with Arteta being the 3rd highest paid coach in world football.
Can’t wait to hear what LEE GUNNER, KENNY KEN, JEZE THE ARSENAL HISTORY MAN, and SOUTHERN GOONSRER have to say about this debacle of a match.
If anyone can defend this crap then we will know you are trolling this site and are not a real fan. ARTETA has to go now, nothing more to say as we couldn’t beat a shit man utd team with 10 men. He must be sacked this evening or resign but he won’t as like most of the team he is gutless and has no passion for our club, not his or the players club OUR CLUB. What a tit he is so please don’t insult our intelligence by defending him
Odegaard and Saka will give it one more year anf then they’ll leave, just like Fabregas. Fortunately, we’ll retain services of Martinelli 😂
Bye bye Season 24/25!
It’s looking a bit ominous now imo. We don’t look able to cover for the loss of saka.
Odegaard can f%£k off as he has been shite for ages and his pen miss was shameful
Kroenkes should sell this football club
Arteta OUT
I hope we can soon be eliminated from the Champions League, besides it won’t take much effort….today we were eliminated from the handicap, losing on penalties and even with a player more. for half an hour plus overtime…how much more boring and utterly predictable a team is. We have the coach who coaches a village, and owners who will surely be in the company of the oldest until we die. Same thing, viewers. That is, nothing and nothing again. It’s already been 21 years since a title… do you still believe that we should be called and counted among the top teams? It’s a terrible mistake!
Ok so I have come to terms that this team after so much investment is average. Sake, Partey and timber have done so well this season. This team needs upgrade on attacking midfield, striker, two sharp wingers. It’s such a shame we are at an average level.
I have aome doubts on how far the coach can be an inspiration to his players.
Arteta seems not to have any plan B ideas for now. Ode looks jaded already and Saka being out is a huge loss. Failure to dip into the transfer market is season over.
I guess it’s the FA cub balls this time around, or the ref, or the opposition players playing rough. This MA guy is a joke to be honest. It was obvious to a layman that Havertz had nothing to offer, but Arsenal will not only buy him, but 65m and on over 200k/ week. Ozill was way usefull in his worst season than this guy and Auba at 33 is more productive. Merino kept showing that he was a waste of money and I don’t get the reason why Martinelli kept starting matches. I wish I have the ball to not watch them again this season.
The same excuses week in week out, when it has been obvious for ages what was needed in the team.
This is clearly not acceptable. Missing umpteen open goals against a 10 man average team is not acceptable and then going on to lose the match, questions need to be asked. I’m not sure who is to the blame, but it’s clear our squad is too thin for the number of games we have to play, and whether that is the owners, the manager or anyone else who has allowed this situation, we also were in desperate need of a striker over the summer. That was ignored, again not sure who made that decision.
Arteta will have til end of the season to turn it around, but at this point it looks like terminal decline. Yes injuries. But the players look over-coached, the system seems broken. The gamble to not buy a striker, despite spanking 700m and despite everyone else on the planet seeing the need, has backfired.
Said it several times Arteta is lucky he has been well supported by the owners. Odegaard will not carry our team in times of need. Most of the players regress under Arteta. Maybe the players are subortaging him because the negativity in the play is unbelievable. We need a number 10 who can carry the team, striker to finish chances and a coach who plays attacking football. Arteta must go before the season ends so that we can retain players like Tierney and Partey who look already out looking at how they are being treated.
Every time Man Utd broke, they caused issues, which wasn’t that often. Despite our numerous opportunities, we very rarely looked like scoring, and the one we did, I wasn’t expecting. WE NEED A STRIKER.
Bring Hans Flicks to Arsenal please.