In a few days they have lost to Newcastle and Internazionale. They have lost Edu, too, and if the corridors of power are emptier, the numbers of reverses are growing.
And yet, while they repeated their result at Newcastle on Saturday, it was a defeat with a difference. Meek on Tyneside, Arsenal rediscovered their resolve. After their worst performance of the season came one of the better ones.
âThe worst thing of the night is the result,â said Mikel Arteta. âThe performance, attitude, the dominance against one of the best teams in Europe⊠of all the games we played away in Europe in the last few years, this is the best.â There are no prizes for winning the shot on target and corner counts, but Arsenal chalked up resounding triumphs, of 5-1 and 13-0. âWe should have scored a couple, at least,â Arteta added. But goals are elusive now, genuine creativity too. Arsene Wenger coined the phrase âsterile dominationâ. Artetaâs Arsenal had the perspiration, but not the inspiration.
And Internazionale delivered the goal. Hakan Calhanogluâs penalty formed part of a trilogy of misfortune for Mikel Merino; denied a spot kick at one, blameless as he conceded one at the other, removed at half-time, feeling the worse for being whacked, it was not one Spaniardâs day. Nor anotherâs; Arteta has his own issues with referee Istvan Kovacs, getting first a yellow card and then a final warning for his appraisal of the Hungarianâs efforts. âA private, interesting conversation,â seethed the manager.
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