Mikel Arteta defends Arsenal players after Claudio Ranieri accusation
Arsenal legend Ian Wright has singled out three Gunners players who have been influential in the change of fortunes for Mikel Arteta. Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 10 matches in all competitions. They have conceded just four goals in that time, keeping seven clean sheets.
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"But when you look at his performances next to Gabriel, it's very solid with the goalkeeper. It's a very good team, those three are very solid.
"They're footballing centre-halves - into Thomas Partey, into Sambi Lokonga.
"Now Arsenal are looking like, with the structure and the way the team is playing, you can see if it has to go long they'll do that, but if a defender has to run it into the midfield and then go from there, we saw Ben White setting up Emile Smith Rowe's goal the other day.
"So we're looking at a team now with a lot of confidence."