The gap between the Gunners and champions Liverpool could end up being 18 points, or at best, nine. Either margin is large, and both confirm the chasm that exists between Mikel Arteta’s side and the top of the Premier League table.
“We all want to win it [the Premier League],” Kroenke said.
“He is part of a unified and strong team, supported by the board, who are crystal clear on exactly what we need to do and the way in which we want to do it. The right way. The Arsenal way.”
However, his form as a passer in the second half of the season has tailed off dramatically and in the face of Newcastle’s fierce press on Sunday, he created work for himself on multiple occasions with basic errors.
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The top one must surely be a striker. Kai Havertz returned on Sunday, his first appearance since tearing his hamstring in February. His 15 goals in an injury-hit campaign have proven some doubters wrong, but he is not a natural in the position and injuries do happen.
“If you took [Mohamed] Salah and [Virgil] van Dijk out of that Liverpool team, that team is not winning the league and that’s what has happened [to Arsenal].”
‘When they make changes, it weakens the team’
The lack of depth in midfield has been keenly felt at Arsenal (Photo: Reuters)There are holes in the squad in midfield, too. Declan Rice was off the pace in the first half against Newcastle, touching the ball less than anyone else after returning from injury.
To that point, Merson added: “They need back-up in big positions because when they make changes, it weakens the team.”
Beating Liverpool to the punch
The other concern is right-back, where none of Ben White, Jurrien Timber or Takehiro Tomiyasu has really made the position their own. Timber is the best of the three, but has spent more than 300 days out injured in his first two years at the club.
It is a lot of work to do over a summer when it feels as though all of the Premier League’s big hitters will be active in the transfer market. It has not always been Arsenal’s strongest suit. Arteta’s legacy probably depends on bucking that trend.
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