Mikel Arteta and Arsenal are sitting pretty ahead of the 2025/26 run-in. Top of the Premier League table and through to the last-16 of the Champions League as league phase winners, Arsenal are still fighting strong in both domestic cups too.
If Arsenal play their cards right, they should deliver at least one piece of silverware between now and the end of the season, with the Gunners faithful beginning to get giddy about what could prove to be a historic season. But there’s still a long way to go, and as the pressure begins to ramp up, Express Sport have picked out three things Arteta ought to do if Arsenal are to end the campaign successful.
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Eberechi Eze solution found for Arsenal
Arsenal need to be braver if they want to finish the season with at least one of the Premier League or Champions League, and to do so, they have to utilise Eberechi Eze more. The playmaker has impressed on occasion, most notably his hat-trick in the north London derby, but has been used sparingly since the festive period. Eze is just the sort of player Arsenal need to be getting on the ball in central areas, which would require a midfield shuffle, but in the long run could be worth it.
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Take the handbrake off and be brave
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The defeat to Manchester United was the latest example of Arsenal playing within themselves this season. A timid and tame set of players, who looked more scared to make a mistake than take the game to a relatively mediocre United side. Arsenal are currently the best team in Europe, it’s high time they started acting like it. Stop relying on corners and own goals, and actually step onto the pitch looking to win football matches with conviction. They’re more than good enough!
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Having a player capable of putting the ball in the back of the net would help. It hasn’t been a bad season for Viktor Gyokeres, but it certainly hasn’t been a good one either. And now, with Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz back fit and firing, Gyokeres could be finding minutes even harder to come by. It could prove for the better, given Arsenal look a better outfit when it is one of Jesus or Havertz up top.