Gary Neville has called on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette and Granit Xhaka to 'get themselves right' after the international break. Arsenal have started the 2021/22 season woefully, with Mikel Arteta's squad currently in disarray.
Gary Neville has called on three Arsenal players to step up. (Image: GETTY)
On Wednesday, Neville spoke to Sky Sports to discuss how Arsenal can bounce back from their dismal start to the season.
The former Manchester United star told the senior members of Arteta's squad to step up and help pull the team out of their current rut.
He said: "There are ways to lose football matches, and Arsenal have lost games in the worst possible ways where they look like they've been rolled over.
"So I think they've got to get back together in this next couple of weeks out of international.
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"It'll be stop-start stuff for the next few months with those international breaks, but Mikel Arteta has got to try and get some momentum.
"There's no real sort of signings that I look at and think, wow, you know, they really excite me.
"But what they do have is a group of players that need to come together as quickly as possible and form a team.
"I think with Arsenal that sometimes it's not the signings that they bring in; it's more the actual senior players that you look at and think, well, what are they getting from them?
Silverware at Arsenal this season is unlikely. (Image: EXPRESS)
"What are they getting from Aubameyang, Lacazette, Xhaka? Those players that you think would hold them together - the goalkeeper.
"They've got to really sort of get themselves right in the next few weeks and create an atmosphere and culture in that dressing room of one that they're all together and aligned behind the manager together to get performances.
"Because the first thing you have to do is forget about playing really well and winning loads of football matches.
"They have to start working for each other on the pitch and being difficult to beat, and they've been very easy to beat so far this season which is not a good trade."