{"id":161288,"date":"2025-09-26T09:33:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T09:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/161288\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T09:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T09:33:13","slug":"thats-not-right-jamie-carragher-dismantles-mikel-artetas-bizarre-speech-about-arsenal-having-the-leagues-most-attacking-goalkeeper-line-by-line-as-he-escalates-handbrake-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/161288\/","title":{"rendered":"‘That’s not right!’: Jamie Carragher dismantles Mikel Arteta’s bizarre speech about Arsenal having ‘the league’s most attacking goalkeeper’ line-by-line as he escalates ‘handbrake’ row"},"content":{"rendered":"

By TUM BALOGUN, SPORTS REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 04:13 EDT, 25 September 2025 | Updated: 03:27 EDT, 26 September 2025 <\/p>\n

Jamie Carragher<\/a> believes Mikel Arteta<\/a>‘s rebuttal of criticism over his ‘handbrake’ tactics does not ‘stack up’ – and has taken aim at some of the manager’s more bizarre claims.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Arsenal<\/a> boss has faced a fierce backlash for his team selection in the 1-1 draw with Manchester City<\/a> on Sunday, with accusations from fans and pundits alike.<\/p>\n

Ahead of Arsenal’s Carabao Cup<\/a> tie this week, Arteta hit back, defending his actions by pointing to the offensive qualities of almost all of his side – including goalkeeper David Raya, who he called the ‘most attacking stopper’ in the division.<\/p>\n

But in the opinion of former Liverpool<\/a> defender Carragher, these comments simply do not match the reality of the side he selected for their Premier League<\/a>\u00a0clash against an undercooked City.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘[Arteta] started with the goalkeeper, saying “we’ve got the most attacking goalkeeper in the league”,’ Carragher said on the Stick to Football podcast.<\/p>\n

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Jamie Carragher believes Mikel Arteta’s rebuttal to criticism over his ‘handbrake’ tactics does not ‘stack up’<\/p>\n

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The Arsenal boss has faced a fierce backlash for his team selection in the 1-1 draw with Manchester City on Sunday<\/p>\n

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Arteta defended his actions and even labelled goalkeeper David Raya as the ‘most attacking stopper’ in the division<\/p>\n

‘Then he mentioned something about his full backs and I thought “that’s not right”, because his full backs are centre backs. I played in a back four under Gerard Houllier, it was four centre backs. That’s not far away from what Arsenal have got.<\/p>\n

‘He then mentions [Martin] Zubimendi, okay a creative player in the No 6. He then talked about a wide player playing centre forward last season. He was almost trying to argue against it but wasn’t really making that much sense.<\/p>\n

‘I can understand him defending himself and not listening to the pundits but I thought I hope he’s not doubling down on what he’s said there to his coaching staff and players.<\/p>\n

‘Because what he was actually saying, I’m not quite sure stacked up in proving they are a really offensive team. The team is there in front of you.’<\/p>\n

Arteta was blasted after Sunday’s game for his cautious tactics, which saw him start a midfield three of Mikel Merino, Martin Zubimendi and Declan Rice, with Leandro Trossard on the left wing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That left Ebere Eze and Gabriel Martinelli, who scored in injury time, on the bench before being brought on.<\/p>\n

Gary Neville also questioned whether the Gunners believe they can win the league, claiming Arteta had to ‘take the handbrake off’ against a City side who had just 32.8 per cent possession – the lowest total of Pep Guardiola’s league career<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Carragher went further, accusing Arteta of ‘wasting’ the first 45 minutes of the crunch match.<\/p>\n

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Arteta was blasted after Sunday’s game for his cautious tactics, which saw him start a midfield three of Mikel Merino, Martin Zubimendi and Declan Rice<\/p>\n

The draw left Arsenal five points behind leaders Liverpool ahead of a tricky trip to Newcastle this weekend.<\/p>\n

On top of criticism for his cautious team selection, Arteta’s side have also been hammered for their failure to create chances in open play and their over reliance on set pieces.<\/p>\n

‘It almost feels like it’s down to set pieces if they can win the league,’ Carragher added. ‘They’ve got the best defence, they’ll end up with the most clean sheets.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘And it almost feels like if their set pieces work, they’ll have half a chance and if they don’t they won’t.’<\/p>\n


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