Hleb's Sirush
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Arteta is working with very average players. This is what he has to do to get the best out of them.
It is quite telling that Arteta used the word sacrificed. Also he noted that Laca is running out of energy because he is doing extra work. Which hints again that Laca is following Arteta's instructions and why keeps dropping so deep.
Still not sure this role suits him. It could be temporary though, Arteta clearly wanted to fix our broken defensive organisation. Which he has improved a lot. Maybe now he will look to improve our creativity and attack in general. Little positive steps so far.