Manager is determined to retain team’s style but would happily accept an ‘ugly’ winner in title showdown with Liverpool
Well, that was unexpected. As Mikel Arteta looked forward to Sunday’s showdown against Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium, a game with massive implications for the Premier League title race, he was taken back to Tuesday night’s 2-1 win at Nottingham Forest. And specifically to the on-pitch row between Oleksandr Zinchenko and Ben White after the full-time whistle, when passions boiled over.
The defensive teammates were furious about how Arsenal had conceded. It is probably fair to say, too, that things would have got a lot more heated if they had done so again in stoppage time, as they nearly did after a half-cleared corner; David Raya had to save from the Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi. So, were Zinchenko and White friends again?