{"id":326212,"date":"2026-04-29T09:48:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T04:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=326212"},"modified":"2026-04-29T09:48:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T04:18:27","slug":"thierry-henry-responds-to-mikel-arteta-criticism-ahead-of-arsenal-vs-atletico-madrid-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/thierry-henry-responds-to-mikel-arteta-criticism-ahead-of-arsenal-vs-atletico-madrid-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Thierry Henry responds to Mikel Arteta criticism ahead of Arsenal vs Atletico Madrid | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thierry Henry has questioned why Arsenal fans want Mikel Arteta to vary his style (CBS Sports)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thierry Henry has told Arsenal supporters to \u2018accept\u2019 Mikel Arteta\u2019s sort of play ahead of their Champions League semi-final against Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, Arteta has faced criticism over Arsenal\u2019s playing style in recent weeks with the team failing to attain multiple goal in a game in each of their last seven matches.<\/p>\n

Speaking ahead of the primary leg of Arsenal\u2019s Champions League semi-final in Madrid on Wednesday night, Henry insists the result’s more necessary than the performance against Diego Simeone\u2019s side and has questioned why supporters are calling for Arteta to vary.<\/p>\n

\u2018Atletico lost at The Emirates, I feel it was 4-0 within the league phase, which doesn\u2019t inform you quite a bit however it tells you it\u2019s a game where we created, actually,\u2019 Henry told CBS Sports.<\/p>\n

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Arsenal play Atletico Madrid in the primary leg of their Champions League semi-final on Wednesday night (Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018But it’ll be different. The win, Arsenal against Newcastle, when it comes to how we played wasn\u2019t outstanding however it\u2019s way higher to enter that game with a win against Newcastle.<\/p>\n

\u2018So let\u2019s see what\u2019s going to occur tomorrow. It\u2019s not a lot what I need to see, persons are expecting or wanting Arsenal to play a certain way now, they didn\u2019t the entire yr. Why do you wish them now to only go forward and begin to create?<\/p>\n

\u2018They play a certain way, Mikel Arteta plays a certain way, we\u2019re strong on set-pieces, solid, we don\u2019t create quite a bit.<\/p>\n

\u2018I might identical to to see a win, that may do for me and produce something to The Emirates.<\/p>\n

\u2018You’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.\u2019<\/p>\n

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