{"id":2604,"date":"2026-04-14T14:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=2604"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:54:07","slug":"fighting-themselves-gary-lineker-believes-mikel-arteta-is-making-one-huge-mistake-that-could-cost-arsenal-the-premier-league-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=2604","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Fighting themselves&#8217; &#8211; Gary Lineker believes Mikel Arteta is making one huge mistake that could cost Arsenal the Premier League title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>At a Glance:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arsenal lost at home to Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon.<\/li>\n<li>The Gunners now only have a slender lead over Manchester City in the Premier League.<\/li>\n<li>Gary Lineker has highlighted where he thinks Mikel Arteta is going wrong.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong>Arsenal were dealt a huge blow in their pursuit of the Premier League title on Saturday afternoon when they were beaten by Bournemouth at the Emirates Stadium, and Gary Lineker has subsequently highlighted a key area where he feels Mikel Arteta is making a mistake.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Gunners were abject throughout the 90 minutes in their 2-1 loss to the Cherries, struggling to create open-play chances whilst looking defensively vulnerable. Junior Kroupi\u2019s tap-in and Alex Scott\u2019s neat goal cancelled out Viktor Gyokeres\u2019 penalty, condemning the North Londoners to a third defeat in their last four games across all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Gary Neville sent Arsenal a warning after Manchester City capitalised by beating Chelsea on Sunday at Stamford Bridge, and he\u2019s not the only pundit to have expressed concerns over the Gunners\u2019 credentials moving forward.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p>\n          <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gunners STUNNED at home in title race! | Arsenal 1-2 Bournemouth | Premier League Highlights\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TkNwTF4roZo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n        <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gary Lineker highlights Mikel Arteta mistake<\/h2>\n<p>Arsenal played like a team under immense pressure, struggling to deal with the tension of the moment when they hosted Bournemouth on Saturday. They wilted under this pressure, and now need to find a way to turn things around.<\/p>\n<p>Reports emerged last week detailing an innovative new training method Arteta has introduced in recent weeks at London Colney. The Spaniard has wheeled out an enormous screen, to show players clips of their mistakes during matches, as well as TikTok edits of themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the Rest is Football podcast, Lineker revealed his belief that he doesn\u2019t think that these unusual training methods are helping Arsenal\u2019s cause.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: What Mentality Do You Need To Win The Premier League?\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/3eUAXFdrbFZPD9XC5qSxrn\/video?si=vnW1ScYZQSeDmQtGhuIogQ&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cArsenal are fighting themselves,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, I\u2019m slightly loathed to be too critical of the methods, but Arteta\u2019s slight verge towards cringe-worthy, dare I say, things in, trying things, what they say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen they\u2019re all carrying the biros around. And then they\u2019re playing TikTok films on big screens at training. And I\u2019m just thinking, you\u2019re doing things differently. Don\u2019t do things differently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlayers just, you don\u2019t change things when it\u2019s, if you\u2019re in contention, you\u2019ve just got to be calm, calm. This is what we always do. The training\u2019s a normal thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what we do. And then all of a sudden, you\u2019re doing things a little bit differently. You are drawing attention to yourselves, and everyone\u2019s going, well, surely they don\u2019t do that normally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you are showing the world that the pressure is getting to you because you\u2019re looking to do something. If you do do something differently, do it in-house. Keep it quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is Gary Lineker right about Mikel Arteta\u2019s methods?<\/h2>\n<p>Arteta has taken Arsenal from mid-table mediocrity to being perennial title challengers. His acumen as a manager cannot be questioned, although his ability to get over the line and win major honours is still a wart on his CV.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners have a dire record in April under the divisive tactician, and this is now no longer just an outlier, but a recurring theme. Thus, it is very reasonable to question why his teams routinely struggle in the penultimate month of the season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#x1f6a8;&#x1f534; EXCLUSIVE<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Mikel Arteta surprised Arsenal F.C. players with a new coaching method at Sobha Training Centre &#x1f440;<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f4fa; A large cinematic screen was installed for a tactical session<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f3a5; Arteta presented 100 video clips of mistakes from this season \u2014 including moments\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ApiJOQXmQA\">pic.twitter.com\/ApiJOQXmQA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arsenal News (@ArsenalNews_Hub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArsenalNews_Hub\/status\/2042512919628251306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lineker could be on to something. Arteta is an outstanding orator and is generally revered by his players. However, he is still learning in his managerial career, and it\u2019s possible that some of his unconventional methods behind the scenes actually have a negative impact on the psyche of his players. <\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether his team can get over the line this term, but if they don\u2019t, then perhaps he\u2019ll re-evaluate some of his intense man-management ploys.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a Glance: Arsenal lost at home to Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon. The Gunners now<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2604","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\/2604","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=2604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}