Mikel Arteta has mentioned two Arsenal players who are ‘constantly targeted’ and has responded to his team being compared to Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool.
The Gunners boss has spoken to the media before their Premier League clash against Wolves at Molineux on Saturday as they aim to get back to winning ways.
Arsenal crashed out of the Champions League to Bayern Munich on Wednesday and also suffered a blow to their top-flight title hopes after losing to Aston Villa.
Arteta has given two main reasons for Arsenal’s drop in performances and was also forced to defend his management of the squad in Friday’s press conference.
But that was not all the Spaniard had to say as he was quizzed about two specific stars and asked about his side being likened to fellow title challengers Liverpool.
Arteta vows to ‘help’ Arsenal duo
Mikel Arteta spoke about adjusting key duo Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard, who he feels are being ‘targeted’ by rival teams.
‘They are constantly targeted like all the best players, like any other opponent,’ Arteta said.
‘We always try to find ways to prepare the games to try to help them.
‘If they try to do certain things to stop us, to find other ways, spaces, combinations, this is a journey because there’s always something that they try and you have to adapt it and make it work.’