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If Dominating Man City Is 'Handbrake' Football Then So Be It, Exclaims Arsenal's Mikel Arteta

 






Boring football? Mikel Arteta doesn’t care in the slightest.

The Gunners boss doubled down on his belief in both his tactics and his squad, brushing off the noise about Arsenal supposedly playing “with the handbrake on" in last weekend’s 1-1 draw with Manchester City.

Critics, led by former England internationals Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher, slammed Arsenal’s approach as negative, pointing to Arteta’s midfield choices and the decision to bench Eberechi Eze despite Martin Ødegaard’s absence.

But Arteta’s response was cutting: if this was Arsenal with the brakes on, then what does that make 96 minutes of dominance over a Pep Guardiola side?

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