Ian Wright worried about Arsenal’s ‘sloppy’ start to season as legend questions big Mikel Arteta decision
pAnd a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/ian-wright/Wrighty/a has pinpointed one big error in a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/mikel-arteta/Mikel Arteta/a#8216;s team selections./p
figure id=attachment_23711961 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 696pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/file-photo-dated-12-03-633882235.jpg?strip=allamp;w=686 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23711961 width=686 height=960 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditPA/figcredit/figureIan Wright admits he is #8216;worried#8217; about Arsenal#8217;s Premier League start[/caption]
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pThe title-chasing Gunners won their first two Premier League games this season, beating a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1225889/nottingham-forest/Nottingham Forest/a and a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1196666/crystal-palace/Crystal Palace/a./p
pBut they failed to show last season#8217;s form in either of those victories./p
pAnd they fell to a a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23667082/arsenal-fulham-match-report/last-gasp 2-2 draw against Fulham/a at the Emirates on Saturday./p
pWright, 59, was far from impressed with his old side#8217;s #8220;sloppy#8221; performance./p
pa aria-label=He told Premier League productions (opens in a new tab) href=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsenal-ian-wright-worry-gabriel-30807158 target=_blank rel=noreferrer noopenerHe told Premier League productions/a: #8221; I#8217;m a little bit worried. There is a bit of sloppy play. /p
p#8220;I think they need to tighten up at the start of games./p
p#8220;There were times when I was watching the game and I felt nervous for us. /p
p#8220;We don’t seem to be as confident as I thought we could have been in managing the game once we got back into it when we were 2-1 up.#8221;/p
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pDefender Gabriel was central to the Gunners#8217; shock title push last season./p
pBut Arteta has stunned fans by leaving him on the bench so far this season, with a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/ben-white/Ben White/a shifting into the middle and a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/thomas-partey/Thomas Partey/a playing as in inverted right-back./p
pThe decision has surprised Wright, with the former span id=c829655e-52f3-44cc-89f8-ec044d0377c3 class=suggested-linkstriker/span claiming the #8220;organiser#8221; would have prevented a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23601930/arsenal-vs-fulham-live-score-result-premier-league-online/Joao Palhinha#8217;s late Fulham equaliser/a./p
pHe continued: #8221;nbsp;I think that’s a little bit of a worry because there are things that happen./p
p#8220;I know the fans are a little bit worried about Gabriel not playing, he gives us solidity in there./p
p #8220;And then when they score that goal at the death there, from the corner, it’s something our big defender would be there. /p
p#8220;There is no Gabriel, as I said, to be that organiser.#8221;/p
pGabriel#8217;s recent spell on the bench has led to speculation suggesting he could be shown the exit door, with a number of a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23628280/arsenal-marc-guehi-transfer-crystal-palace-gabriel/Saudi Arabian clubs interested./a/p
pHowever, boss Arteta has confirmed the centre-back is not going anywhere./p
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