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Arteta understands what football is to the public. If you want to win the Premier League right now, its not about how many goals you are able to score in a match its about winning each game throughout the league and that is what Pep Guardiola has been doing right from the start of Manchester City. Right now Arsenals defense is stronger than what it is before, Arteta still bought more midfielders who can hold the ball for long and shoot when necessary. This is how they can win the league. When they concede less goal and win all the matches.
Come on, don't expect too much from Arsenal because they have disappointed their fans too often. It's not about how strong their defense is, not how creative their midfielders are, nor how productive their attackers are, but this about the winning mentality that Arsenal lacks.
Remember that Arsenal always fail at the end of the season and open the way for Manchester City. This is clearly a weakness that Arteta should be able to patch up this season, but it's not easy to change it in an instant. Arsenal's performance consistency is good at the beginning of the season, but they will decline as the season draws to a close, that's the scenario of their failure so far.
True, Arsenal always starts up very promising and flops at the end. I think Arterta should find a better strategy to managing players fatigue at the ending of season. Guardiola manages his team's league finishing better and that's why he's always taking the trophies away from Arsenal. Last season's own pained me the most as I thought it's then or no one, only to wake-up to the dead reality that city lifted the trophy.