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Mikel Arteta: Arsenal players must take more risks “we need more goals” the Gunners boss said

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7 months ago

December 12, 2021

Mabinuori Abiola Peter

Arsenal players put on a classic performance as they secure a comfortable 3-0 victory over Southampton at Emirates Stadium on Saturday evening.

The Gunners attack was once againt in a ruthless form compare to thier booring display in a 2-1 defeat at Everton last week.

The Gunners boss admits his Arsenal squad need to take more risk in improve their attacking play and go for more goals.

Mikel Arteta freely admited that the Gunners need to improve their attacking game – so how do we do that?

“Practice it more and encourage the players to take more risks, put the ball more often in the box when we have the opportunity to have more bodies there and start to score the big chances that we have, like the game against Everton,” he said.

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“It’s always a combination, who creates the chances for [the forwards], it’s themselves, it’s the team, it’s the collective capacity for the team to arrive better in conditions in the final third, it’s the numbers in the box, we can look at everything, but the reality is that we need more goals.

“I don’t think we did [sit back and try to protect the lead], sometimes teams can change their way of playing after conceding a goal, we don’t and we go for the second one and the third one and we’re not gonna change that.”

Arsenal currently sit fifth position on the Premier League table.

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