Emmanuel Adebayor gives one reason Arsenal will struggle to win the title
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Sign up to our newsletter and then select your team in the link we’ll send you so we can get football news tailored to you. ‘It’s hard for them to win things because they will reach a time when they need the experience,’ Adebayor told Stadium Astro. ‘They will need a man to be in charge, which they don’t have. ‘Odegaard is the captain of the team and Odegaard is 26. So the experience is not the same.’ Adebayor also suggested that other teams are more adaptable and accept playing in different ways to get results, which he does not think Arteta does at Arsenal. ‘If you look at how Manchester City played against Arsenal, it’s incredible,’ he said. ‘For the first ever time we see Man City accepting to play 5-4-1, park the bus at the back and defend. ‘This is not like Pep Guardiola, but there is a time that you have to know what you’re doing.
Most of the players have been champions, they’ve won the Champions League, they know what it takes to win the league. Mikel Arteta is under some pressure to win something this season (Picture: Getty Images) ‘So you can see that no one refused their job, they all came back at some point, Erling Haaland was even playing centre-back, that proved that this team knows where they’re going. ‘But Arsenal, no matter what, no matter the result they keep the ball on the ground and pass it around because this is what these players are used to and this is what they know.’ Arteta looked like he was going to lose more ground in the early stages of the title race on Sunday, but two late goals saw his side come from behind to beat Newcastle 2-1 at St James’ Park.
Speaking after the dramatic victory, Arteta said: ‘Football is about emotion, and when you score in the last minute in a game that has been very, very competitive and you have the feeling that you fully deserve to win it, to win it in the manner that we’ve done it, it makes it obviously very special. ‘You have to learn from the past and the moments that you suffer, that’s sport. We’ve done it, and in the end, we got what we wanted.’ Gary Neville suggested it could be a turning point in the title race, even at this early stage in the season. ‘I think it’s a big moment,’ he said on the Gary Neville podcast. ‘It’s only September and it’s ridiculous to be speaking like this as someone who experienced title races. ‘But what you’ve got to do is send out some calling cards and some clear messages that you’re there in the title race and I think that’s what Arsenal have done today. ‘A week ago the glass was half empty, now it’s more than half full.