{"id":1123,"date":"2026-04-08T10:55:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=1123"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:55:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:55:25","slug":"would-you-ordinarily-do-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=1123","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWould you ordinarily do that?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"5149824\" data-slug-id=\"2763240\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gary Lineker has suggested that Arsenal are showing signs of \u2018panic\u2019 following their 2-1 defeat to Southampton in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Just days after the Gunners were tipped for an unprecedented quadruple, they have now seen that dream vanish after losing to Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final before Saturday\u2019s shock exit in the FA Cup.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"template__newsletter-inline-banner-form-combo-widget\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<p><img id=\"subscribe-img\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the submission!\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>Before the end of the just-concluded international window, 11 players from the north London club withdrew from their national squads, a move that immediately drew attention across the football world.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m-sAUcVNknY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">The Rest is Football<\/a><\/em>Linker opined that Arsenal may have shown that they are afraid, pointing specifically to the decision that saw multiple players withdraw from international duty.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI thought there was a slight signal of panic at Arsenal after the City game and they withdrew so many players (from the national teams), or rather the players themselves did it,\u201d Lineker said. \u201cMost of those players featured at some point during the game at St. Mary\u2019s, either coming off the bench or otherwise. I wonder if that showed a bit of panic when you just needed some calm. It\u2019s easy to say that now but would you ordinarily do that? I\u2019m not sure you would.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The defeats to Manchester City and Southampton marked the first time this season that the Gunners had suffered back-to-back losses, and it is just their fifth of the campaign. While their quadruple dream might have faded away, they are still in the running for the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Lineker \u2018pretty confident\u2019 Arsenal will win Premier League despite Carabao Cup and FA Cup setbacks<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Despite their recent disappointments in domestic cup competitions, Lineker is confident that Arsenal will end their Premier League title drought this season. He highlighted the need to bounce back from their setbacks and insisted that they will win the league given their nine-point lead at the top of the table.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe next game or two are hugely important for Arsenal, they need to steady the ship, there\u2019s no doubt about it,\u201d Lineker continued. \u201cThey\u2019ve got a huge lead in the title race but it\u2019s squeaky bum time. I think they will be fine, I think they will win the league, which will still be the main thing for them. The Champions League would obviously be an enormous bonus because it\u2019s a competition they\u2019ve never won.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019m pretty confident they will win the league. It\u2019s not a bad situation to be in, nine points clear at the top of the Premier League and in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Next up for the Gunners is a clash against Sporting CP in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-post-rating-widget\">\n<p><template id=\"post-rating-feedback-modal-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-feedback-box\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-content\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-data\">\n<p>Why did you not like this content?<\/p>\n<p><textarea id=\"dislike-feedback-text\" rows=\"4\" placeholder=\"Please type your feedback...\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<button class=\"close\">Cancel<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"submit\">Submit<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-widget-parent hidden\">\n<div class=\"rating-parent-container\">\n<div class=\"rating-content-holder\">\n<p>Was this article helpful?<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-action-container\">\n<div class=\"like-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-like-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"like\" title=\"like article\"><br \/>\n<img class=\"post-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"like selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dislike-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-dislike-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"dislike\" title=\"dislike article\"><br \/>\n<img class=\"post-dis-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"avatar selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Thank You for feedback\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tag-cloud\">\n<div class=\"tags-text\">\n<div class=\"scrollable-content-holder  article-padding\">\n<p class=\"article-p  \">Quick Links<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"pnAdvancerLeft\" class=\"pn-Advancer pn-Advancer_Left \" type=\"button\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/skm\/assets\/article\/article-scroll-left.svg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<nav id=\"pnProductNav\" class=\"pn-ProductNav\">\n<\/nav>\n<p><button id=\"pnAdvancerRight\" class=\"pn-Advancer pn-Advancer_Right \" type=\"button\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/skm\/assets\/article\/article-scroll-right.svg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<p>More from Sportskeeda<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"publisher-name\">Edited by Ezekiel Olamide<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Lineker has suggested that Arsenal are showing signs of \u2018panic\u2019 following their 2-1 defeat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}