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Troy Deeney has criticised Arsenal supporters for calling on Mikel Arteta to drop Martin Zubimendi after their 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Gunners produced an insipid display against the Cherries with Eli Junior Kroupi and Alex Scott scoring either side of a Viktor Gyokeres penalty to give Andoni Iraola\u2019s side all three points.<\/p>\n
Arsenal<\/strong> have now handed Manchester City, who play Chelsea on Sunday, a Premier League title race lifeline with the Citizens now having two games in hand and the opportunity to play the Gunners at the Etihad Stadium next weekend.<\/p>\n The Gunners are still nine points clear at the top of the Premier League table<\/strong> as things stand but some are calling for Arteta\u2019s sack after three defeats in their last four matches in all competitions.<\/p>\n Responding to fans asking for Arteta to be sacked, former Watford striker Deeney said on CBS Sports<\/em>: \u201cThey\u2019re not going to sack him because he has moved that club astronomically forward from where it was, they\u2019re always in contention now and being spoken about as one of the best teams in world football, and rightly so.<\/p>\n \u201cBut this is why Arsenal fans\u2026 this is why I love you, and why you love me, because when it\u2019s right and when they\u2019re winning they\u2019re hammering me, now\u2026 \u2018sack him\u2019?! He\u2019s top of the league, they\u2019re in the Champions League, now it\u2019s, \u2018sack him, get rid of him\u2019. Who are you going to bring in?<\/p>\n MAILBOX: Arteta sack? OK, *now* Arsenal are \u2018bottling it\u2019 as rivals rejoice in sensational schadenfreude<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI just want to ask you this question Arsenal fans, remember before (they said) they didn\u2019t have any strikers? Gyokeres, Havertz and Jesus all played today, I said he (Gyokeres) would score in these games, it\u2019s the big games that matter, has he scored against Liverpool yet, has he scored against Man City yet?\u201d<\/p>\n CBS Sports host, Adam Hunt, read out some criticism of Zubimendi from an Arsenal fan with calls from some to drop the Spaniard.<\/p>\n Hunt said: \u201cArsenal have a bad No.6 in Zubimendi and they don\u2019t have a main man leading their attack.\u201d<\/p>\n Responding to the criticism, Deeney replied: \u201cOh my god, a bad No.6 in Zubimendi?<\/p>\n MORE ARSENAL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<\/strong> \u201cLiterally a week ago, Nigel Reo Coker, who played the position to an unbelievable level, talking about he (Zubimendi) is one of the best players in Europe.<\/p>\n \u201cAlso Arsenal fans, three weeks ago, talking about he is the signing of the season, most underrated signing. What are we doing here?\u201d<\/p>\n Another Arsenal fan had a go at Arteta for leaving Christian Norgaard on the bench, to which Deeney asked:\u00a0\u201cThere\u2019s an Arsenal fan out there that thinks the reason they\u2019re not winning is because Norgaard is not playing?.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re calling for Norgaard\u2026 they\u2019re calling for a holding midfielder.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: <\/span>Anatomy of a Bottle Job: Eight factors to separate the true choke from a mere collapse<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n
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