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Arteta warns Arsenal are ´very far´ from hitting manager´s target

SoccerNews in English Premier League 6 Mar 2021

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Mikel Arteta has declared his Arsenal team remain nowhere near his vision for what they can become.

A hint of improvement in the Gunners ranks has seen them lose just once of their past five games, a 1-0 defeat to Premier League leaders Manchester City.

They scraped past Benfica in the Europa League thanks to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s late winner in the second leg and followed that up with an eye-catching 3-1 victory at Leicester City.

But Arteta has not been blinded to his team’s weaknesses by those results, and he feels they remain a long way from his idea of how they could shape up.

“Very far – very, very far,” he said.

“There’s still a lot to improve, a lot of quality to add. [We need to be] much more efficient in decision-making; much quicker to open situations up when advantages are there; many situations to feel when advantages [can be] obtained.

“More control of games; more defensive actions in the opponent’s half; fewer giveaways in our own half; more clean sheets. More goals to score, more creativity. A lot to do.”

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