Ian Wright tells Mikel Arteta to drop two Arsenal stars for Southampton clash

Arsenal legend Ian Wright thinks that two players should be dropped for the game against Southampton. The Gunners have endured a difficult start to the season as they are currently 15th in the Premier League table with 4 wins in 12 games. Mikel Arteta's side will host Southampton in a midweek game on Wednesday, December 16. "He [Xhaka] got sent off doing what he does a lot, when a player is going past him he drags them down, he’s never in the right position, he’s always having to drag people down and make fouls, and he’s done it again and it cost us," Wright told Premier League Productions. "The manager has stuck with him for a while. He has shown a lot of faith in him. I think he has done the same with Willian. He has done the same with Lacazette. There are players now that should be getting a blast at it now. "Throw in Eddie Nketiah, Emile Smith-Rowe coming back on-loan and doing well at Huddersfield last season. Joe Willock, Ainsley Maitland-Niles. "You need to do something different because if it carries on like this and he continues to have faith in these players, and they are not delivering, then I don’t know what’s going to happen next." Speaking about Arsenal's current slump, Wright added: "It’s a time when you need experienced players the most. I feel like at this particular moment, he has had a lot of faith in them and they have kind of let him down up to this point. "I think Arsenal are at a real crisis point in terms of confidence. It’s going to be even lower now and it’s going to take something to build them up. This is why it needs some freshness. Just blood some fresh impetus." source - Football.london / Join us on Telegram

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