Truth behind Mikel Arteta's best Arsenal XI sees Invincible parallel emerge for title race boost
Mikel Arteta does not know his best Arsenal XI! A phrase you have perhaps seen from specific pundits, perhaps fellow supporters and across social media.
It is, for me, something which I once believed to be not only true but perhaps an issue as the Spaniard looked to build his project at Arsenal and struggled in his opening seasons to find the desired level he wanted whille making drastic changes to his squad. Fast-forward to the 6-0 win over RC Lens in which Arteta again used an eleven he has never used before and it has become apparent that the best XI does not exist and that is absolutely fine.
There is something of a need for there to always be a definitive answer to every question and a consistency to how things are done. However, perhaps this is the wrong way to look at the solution to a problem like how Arsenal become champions and win elite-level tournaments while competing for them season after season.
If Arteta had his best team for the entire season I am certain that it would win the league and potentially more. But as we have discovered, that simply isn’t possible.
Arsenal have lost many key players including summer signing Jurrien Timber who looked to be a real force when he first arrived. Thomas Partey, Gabriel Martinelli, Leandro Trossard, Gabriel Jesus, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Martin Odegaard, Emile Smith Rowe, Bukayo Saka and Eddie Nketiah have all missed matches through a range of short, medium and long-term injuries and this week Fabio Vieira underwent a procedure on a new groin injury to add him to the list.
It was always important that Arsenal had the depth the deal with these losses and in spite of this, the club do sit at the peak of the Premier League table and have confirmed the top spot in their
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