Thierry Henry has told Arsenal supporters to ‘accept’ Mikel Arteta’s sort of play ahead of their Champions League semi-final against Atletico Madrid.
Arsenal are currently three points clear of Manchester City within the Premier League and are in the ultimate 4 of the Champions League for the second season in a row.
Nonetheless, Arteta has faced criticism over Arsenal’s playing style in recent weeks with the team failing to attain multiple goal in a game in each of their last seven matches.
Speaking ahead of the primary leg of Arsenal’s Champions League semi-final in Madrid on Wednesday night, Henry insists the result’s more necessary than the performance against Diego Simeone’s side and has questioned why supporters are calling for Arteta to vary.
‘Atletico lost at The Emirates, I feel it was 4-0 within the league phase, which doesn’t inform you quite a bit however it tells you it’s a game where we created, actually,’ Henry told CBS Sports.
‘But it’ll be different. The win, Arsenal against Newcastle, when it comes to how we played wasn’t outstanding however it’s way higher to enter that game with a win against Newcastle.
‘So let’s see what’s going to occur tomorrow. It’s not a lot what I need to see, persons are expecting or wanting Arsenal to play a certain way now, they didn’t the entire yr. Why do you wish them now to only go forward and begin to create?
‘They play a certain way, Mikel Arteta plays a certain way, we’re strong on set-pieces, solid, we don’t create quite a bit.
‘I might identical to to see a win, that may do for me and produce something to The Emirates.
‘You’ve gotten to be pragmatic sometimes. You can not all the time be Bayern Munich or Paris Saint-Germain, we play a unique way. I feel people have to simply accept the undeniable fact that Mikel Arteta goes in regards to the game like that and hopefully we will win.’
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