Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has admitted that the Red Devils were not good enough as they suffered a disappointing 2-0 league defeat to Arsenal on New Year’s Day. The Red Devils went into the game as the favourites with the Gunners struggling for form but it was the north London side which dominated the proceedings at the Emirates.
United managed to initially test the Gunners goalkeeper on a couple of occasions but barring that, they struggled to gain any stranglehold on the game with the hosts enjoying the better chances on goal. The Capital outfit managed to score only twice during the course of the encounter but they could have quite easily doubled that advantage with the chances conceded by the Red Devils.
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</centerBellerin and Tierney had been working separately from the group as they focused on recovery from their injuries. The Spaniard was working on coming back from a knee injury he picked up back in January. Tierney, on the other hand, was a summer signing Raul Sanllehi engineered. The player underwent a double hernia operation and has been in recovery.
Monchi is considered as one of the best spotters of talent in European football and enjoyed a 17-year spell at Sevilla where he was able to build the club through screwed purchases. The Spaniard was able to spot talents like Dani Alves, Seydou Keita and Ivan Rakitic before selling the players for big transfer fees.
Ozil’s commitment and work rate were criticized in his final days in the German national team shirt. This has been the case in his recent Arsenal performances but Emery says he would still hold on to the playmaker.
Arsenal defender SokratisPapastathopoulos has fired a warning to all Arsenal rivals of how confident they are of cracking the top four having reached just “70 percent to 80 percent” of their potential under new head coach Unai Emery.
According to Evening Standard, the north London club are reluctant to be held to ransom by the Welshman and they have told the midfielder that he cannot expect a salary rise similar to that of Mesut Ozil. It is added Ramsey is eyeing at least twice of his current wages of around £110,000-a-week but even that remains out of order with the Gunners, who are watching out for their wage bill.
Arsenal are keen on getting the right replacement for long term coach Arsene Wenger, who says he could still like to coach but outside England out of respect for the club he managed for 22 years. For now the leading candidate is former Gunner MikelArteta, as per reports.