The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title?
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What was the significance of Manchester United's win over Arsenal?
Hello and welcome to the Football Reporters. This week we will be looking back at Arsenal against Manchester United. A famous win for interim boss Michael Carrick. What that does to the title race. And we'll be looking ahead to the final round of Matchday 8 of the Champions League group stage with all the possible permutations. Gentlemen, nice to see you both in person, in live, not with the staccato kind of Zoom version. How are we both? You well, Rob?
Lovely. Great to be back.
I've got to put you up on that. He's not the interim head coach. He's the head coach. He's the boss, Michael Carrick. It's his job to lose.
How is Michael Carrick performing as interim head coach?
Well, let's get into the game first, shall we? To be fair, Rob, I might give you the first dibs at this, but only because I put you on the spot in the last pod about whether Carrick would be good enough. very loaded questions suggesting that we shouldn't get into this trap of Solskjaer 2.0 and all that. How surprised were you by how well they played at Arsenal?
Yeah, I mean, really surprised. And that was even on the back of what they did against Man City. Because I think there was still a kind of question about the Derby, whether we united really, really good, which I think they were, or was it that City were really bad, which I think they were. So going to Arsenal, I think people, fans thought that maybe the established order would be kind of back again and Arsenal would win relatively comfortably, particularly when they go ahead. I just think that Michael Carrick deserves an immense amount of credit for what he did because I don't think he's made that many massive changes. Obviously, the formation is different than the one we saw under Ramrim. But I don't think there's been this kind of huge change that he's made that people have gone, oh my God, I can't believe he's done that.
He's playing players in the right positions. He seems to have instilled a level of confidence in him. I thought the biggest thing You know, aside from the performance at Arsenal and the result, that time and time again under Amrim, we saw that when things started to go badly, they went really badly. You know, they would concede two goals in five minutes or three goals in 10 minutes. Something that predated Amrim, actually. They happened to turn hard quite a lot. So when they go a goal down at Arsenal, you start thinking this could be 3-0 in 20 minutes. And rather than that, you know, rather than kind of just settling themselves, they actually come back to win the game from that point and then suffer another setback right at the end.
and then go on to win it. I think mentality-wise, that says an awful lot about what Michael Carrick has been able to do in, what is it, 10 days and that. Aside from all the tactical stuff, and I'm sure we'll get onto all that stuff, but aside from that, that is the biggest thing that he's done and he deserves a lot of credit for that.
Was that the most impressive thing for you? At 2-2, you suddenly think, OK, Arsenal are going to sort of rouse themselves out of this slumber and get themselves over the line. And yet, three minutes later, or less than that, I think, Kunio scores the winner. I mean, was that response to that moment, was that something that just wouldn't have happened under Ruben Amaru?
I think so, and I think also the fact that Patrick Dogger was injured prior to that and he made an attacking substitution. He replaced Dogger with Cunha rather than put a defender on to see it out. So I think that again was a change from Amrim who, as we know, was very kind of cautious, over-cautious. So that was the impressive thing that Carrick has brought that sense of freedom back and ambition and I think...
What does Mikel Arteta's cautious approach mean for Arsenal's title chances?
Ameren didn't trust his players, did he? I mean, I think that's fairly obvious. He didn't trust them. I think at times he almost didn't like them. There were some players that he didn't like in terms of he was exasperated by what he felt was their lack of quality. And I think that was kind of, you can see that in the players' performances, that they knew the manager didn't trust them or have faith in them.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What was the significance of Manchester United's win over Arsenal?
0:08–0:46
2
How is Michael Carrick performing as interim head coach?
0:46–3:24
3
What does Mikel Arteta's cautious approach mean for Arsenal's title chances?
3:24–5:12
4
How do injuries impact Manchester United's squad depth?
5:12–7:55
5
What are the implications of Arsenal's risk-averse tactics?
7:55–12:43
6
How do Arsenal's performances against top teams affect their title race?
12:43–16:36
7
What challenges lie ahead for Arsenal in the Premier League?
16:36–21:53
8
Who are the favorites for the Champions League this season?
21:53–52:35
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