Mikel Arteta makes desperate transfer plea after Aston Villa’s crushing draw

Mikel Arteta has blamed Arsenal’s limited squad depth for their struggles to keep pace with Liverpool at the top of the Premier League table.

Saturday tied with Aston Villa 2-2 Arsenal fell six points behind the leaders, who saw Darwin Nunez come off the bench to score two goals in stoppage time to seal the win. Beating Brentford 2-0 Earlier today.

That firepower off the bench was missing Arsenalwho are missing Gabriel Jesus and Bukayo Saka due to long-term injuries, and Arteta insisted his exhausted squad simply cannot compete with depth. Liverpool a team.

“The substitutes made an impact and (Liverpool) were able to change the game,” Arteta said. “On our side, it was the opposite, although after conceding two goals so close to each other, it was dangerous because I knew half the team could have folded because we were physically exhausted.

He added: “Suddenly, the team found another tool to go again and put Aston Villa in their penalty area and go and go again, trying to find the goal that we could not score in the end.”

“When you look at the bench, you might say, ‘I think we’re sorely short.’

Arteta also cited concerns about Arsenal’s lack of options as he admitted he was “very concerned” about it Hamstring injury suffered by centre-back William Salibawho joined fellow defenders Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu on the sidelines of the Villa match.

The Gunners coach wants reinforcements and has been informed Follow up on the January move for RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sisko Before the end of the winter window.

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