Mikel Arteta believes his Arsenal side want to be “delicate and wise” if they want to compete with the more sensible teams.
The Gunners got a lesson in black magic from Porto on Wednesday night as they lost 1-0 in the first leg of the 16-year-old Champions League.
Newcastle, who Arsenal will face on Saturday night, adopted a technique at the Emirates Stadium last year when they drew 0-0 with Arteta’s side and could do the same.
But Arteta needs his players to amplify their own merits as they try to keep up speed in the name race.
“I don’t know if it’s [being] a bad guy, but you’ve got to be smart, you’ve got to be smart, you’ve got to be smart and you’ve got to try to capitalize on each and every situation,” Arteta said. he said. . . « [The players] know that.
“It’s anything you want to evolve; You don’t have it, that’s for sure. The teams, the players, they have that.
“In fact, we can expand on a lot of things and those reports [against Porto] are applicable to judge whether we did it or not.
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