 Richard Keys has warned Mikel Arteta he is on the verge of 'losing Arsenal fans' by overcomplicating his tactics. Arsenal news, exclusives and analysis Sign up Privacy Policy The Gunners have collected seven points from their first three games of the new season having also beaten Manchester City in the Community Shield, but have lacked some of the cohesiveness and attacking potency that characterised last season's title charge. An injury to Jurrien Timber allied to Takehiro Tomiyasu's one-game suspension have been mitigating factors, but the decision to deploy Thomas Partey at right-back in order to crowbar Kai Havertz into midfield has yet to have been fully vindicated. Asked ahead of Sunday's showdown against Manchester United whether he was tempted to revert to the system that delivered such spectacular results last term Arteta countered 'I cannot do that, I have different players.' He added: 'I think we discuss formations in a different way. In the other game, there were 36 different formations in the match, against Manchester City there were 43, so I don't know what formation you're talking about. For me, it's something very different. 'The personnel is different. We played differently against Manchester City and there were 43 different structures in different phases. Every morning I come from my house to Colney, sometimes I leave at six and I need to wipe the windscreen because it's icy and at six o'clock normally I go down one road because it's faster, now it's 20 miles an hour, so sometimes I take a back road and then I go on the M25, but depending on if it's a school ride, then I take one exit, if it's after seven o'clock I take a different exit. 'One day I have a flat tyre and what do you do? You have to replace it and take a different road because the garage is there, so every game is a different story. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgra){kind=link}
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Richard Keys has warned Mikel Arteta he is on the verge of ‘losing Arsenal fans’ by overcomplicating his tactics.
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The Gunners have collected seven points from their first three games of the new season having also beaten Manchester City in the Community Shield, but have lacked some of the cohesiveness and attacking potency that characterised last season’s title charge.
An injury to Jurrien Timber allied to Takehiro Tomiyasu’s one-game suspension have been mitigating factors, but the decision to deploy Thomas Partey at right-back in order to crowbar Kai Havertz into midfield has yet to have been fully vindicated.