The Arsenal manager Mikel Areta played the concerns about a possible violation of Ethan Nwaneri and revealed that the teenager striker was deployed against West Ham United on Saturday.
Nwaneri lasted 81 minutes with a 1-0 defeat in front of a emptied Emirates Stadium. The Gunners limp into the game on Saturday without four strikers of the first election and fought to open significant opportunities against a stubborn aftergmission of West Ham.
The sight of Nwaneri hobbled on the edge of the Emirates pitch that he would join Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus on the edge, but Areta endeavored to raise these concerns. “No, hopefully not,” the Spanish boss replied when he was asked whether the amazing 17-year-old was injured. “He was just tired, I think.”
Midfielder Mikel Merino started the game against West Ham as a provisional striker after a two-goal cameo on Arsenal’s trip to Leicester City last weekend. However, the toothless opening of 80 minutes of this encounter at King Power proved to be more instructive than the late goal.
After seeing his secondary register only two shots against a team with the fifth defensive record in the Premier League, the way we run and how we want it, no questions.
“But at this level it is not enough, you have to deliver and it has to be a lot of quality to break a really good team down to win a lot more duels than we did, and perform actions that really threatening Moments threatened to win the game and we didn’t do it.
Martin Odegaard was criticized much individually after experiencing a seventh appearance in a row without registering support. Arsenal’s skipper recognized his own creative battles: “I think we let her run a little too light a few times, so it’s a big blow and disappointing.
“We continue and have to hit the next one right away.”
Arsenal is exposed to a discouraging trip to third place in Nottingham Forest on Wednesday evening, although your offer to jump directly back will be reinforced by the probable admission of Nwaneri.