Arsenal Cannot Challenge For Title Without Defensive Improvement: David Luiz

“David Luiz has to be the Arsenal Captain”

Arsenal have been warned by their summer signing, David Luiz that without defensive improvements, they won’t be able to challenge for the title.

The Brazilian played a strong hand in giving away two goals in the 3-1 defeat to Liverpool on Saturday but many would agree, his impact has been positive so far.

Luiz’s elite ability to play out from the back is a huge plus and his experience will be key to the team’s overall improvement.

“We have to [bring the number of goals down]. I think if you concede a lot of goals you cannot fight for the title so this is one main thing we have to think about and try to reduce and try to make the team stronger,” he told UK media.

“It is not just about me, it is not just about the defenders, it is about the mentality of the team.”

“I think the team already did great against Newcastle, did great against Burnley to understand the kind of game we were playing for,” he continued. “We were clinical in Newcastle with one clear opportunity we scored and didn’t concede.

“With Burnley, we were clinical to understand the game is always to play first ball, second ball, fighting. They tried to score with free-kicks and things like that and we did amazing and [against Liverpool] I think it could be a different game if we scored [first] but we did not and so this is about football.

“Football is like that. Every week is a new history and we have to try and learn and improve our game.”