Arsenal players and Mikel Arteta are currently reeling from the two-points they dropped away to the Premier League's rock bottom side Wolverhampton Wanderers
Piers Morgan believes Mikel Arteta must send his Arsenal squad on holiday after this Sunday's north London derby against Tottenham. The Gunners endured a frustrating 2-2 draw away at Wolverhampton Wanderers, having initially led the Premier League's bottom team 2-0.
This was a humbling outcome for Arteta's men, especially after allowing a lead to slip in their 1-1 away draw with Brentford last week. Manchester City are now just five points behind Arsenal and have a crucial game in hand.
Morgan criticised his beloved Arsenal's performance against Wolves, stating only Declan Rice met their standards at the Molineux.
However, he also believes the players appear exhausted and could benefit from a brief holiday in the period between the trip to Tottenham on February 22 and the home match against Chelsea on March 1.
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Speaking on talkSPORT, Morgan said: "It's still in our hands, we can obviously beat Tottenham on Sunday. Here is my advice for Mikel. We have, unusually, in a massive season when we're in four competitions, next week, a week off. We're not playing until we play Chelsea the following Sunday.
"I want these guys on a plane, somewhere warm, until the Friday (March 27). I want them playing zero football. They look mentally frazzled and physically jaded, so let's give them a break.
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"Take the pressure off them, put them on a beach, let them play beach volleyball like they did in Top Gun before they wiped out the enemy and give these guys a break. They look like a coiled spring of tension and I think that's what I saw last night.
"We were still tense because in the three seasons we have choked the league and we fear it's happening again. We have a better squad and we have leaders, Gabriel and Rice. They've got to stand up, but they also need a break."
Morgan added: "We have a perfect chance next week for a proper reset. Let's beat Tottenham, which should not be difficult, as they're one of the worst Tottenham teams I've ever seen.
"We can push them to within, I think, two points of the relegation zone. If that's not a motivation for Arsenal players, then what is? Then we have another London derby (against Chelsea).
"Actually I can't think of two better games than a North London derby and then a derby against Chelsea. I am confident we will win both games.
"I do believe in this team and I do believe in Arteta, but I also think we, at the moment, are not mentally in the right place to finish these games and we have to get there."