{"id":767,"date":"2026-04-06T03:06:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T03:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=767"},"modified":"2026-04-06T03:06:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T03:06:53","slug":"richards-blames-arteta-mistake-for-very-poor-southampton-loss-after-shearer-makes-title-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=767","title":{"rendered":"Richards blames Arteta mistake for &#8216;very poor&#8217; Southampton loss after Shearer makes title claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Micah Richards has blamed Mikel Arteta for Arsenal\u2019s \u201cvery poor\u201d loss to Southampton, while Alan Shearer has questioned their title credentials.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arsenal<\/strong> have suffered back-to-back losses, with the defeats to Man City and Southampton seeing them lose the Carabao Cup final and exit the FA Cup.<\/p>\n<p>This has quickly ended talk of a Quadruple, and it remains to be seen whether the Gunners have the mentality to get over the line in the Premier League and\/or Champions League.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arteta<\/strong> fielded a makeshift XI for his side\u2019s FA Cup quarter-final against Southampton and was punished. Shea Charles netted a late winner after Viktor Gyokeres cancelled out Ross Stewart\u2019s opener for the Saints.<\/p>\n<p>And Richards thinks Arteta was wrong to field a weakened side against Southampton as you \u201chave to play your best team\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed the \u201cmost disappointing thing\u201d about the loss to Southampton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to play your best team,\u201d Richards said on BBC One.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: Two Arsenal careers over as not even Arteta can shield some amid generational bottling<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is going to be so much noise around it. With Arsenal against Man City you can get beat in a final. Tonight, you asked me if I would play (David) Raya. I don\u2019t think it was anything to do with him in terms of them losing, but you have to play your best team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was only a couple of weeks ago people were saying Arsenal could do the quadruple, now they are in two competitions. Man City, after what they did earlier on (beating Liverpool 4-0), look like they are going to push them all the way for the league and the Champions League \u2013 anyone can win that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most disappointing thing for me was watching them and their attitude.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have been excellent defensively, in transitions they have been very good, the shape has been good and the effort has been as good as anyone. For them to turn up the way they did today, I thought was very poor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"e8c3ce70f1ad837bdffb21e2453272b6\" image-id=\"XhXPREuVCLFo\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: Arsenal \u2018bottlemageddon\u2019 continues as Liverpool should give Slot a statue\u2026 then sack him<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fellow pundit Shearer insisted that Southampton deserved to beat Arsenal after he previously predicted the impact of a defeat.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u201dThis is not a fluke,\u201d Shearer said on Southampton beating Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVictory went to the better side on the night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Betfair before the match, Shearer added: \u201cAfter Arsenal got knocked out of the FA Cup, it will be incredibly tough for them, mentally, to go on and achieve what they want to achieve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: Arsenal: Arteta reveals Gabriel injury update as he sends message to players after Southampton loss<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<p><script>\n        !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n        {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n        n.queue=();t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)(0);\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n        '\n        fbq('init', '1399787394855675');\n        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    <\/script><script>\n        !function(e,n,t){var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)(0);e.getElementById\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Micah Richards has blamed Mikel Arteta for Arsenal\u2019s \u201cvery poor\u201d loss to Southampton, while Alan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-767","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\/767","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=767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}