Rio Ferdinand expresses sympathy towards Arteta and his young players.
Arsenal suffered a shocking 3-0 defeat at the hands of a Liverpool side who are themselves quite struggling with injuries and consistency.
Man United legend Rio Ferdinand calls out the senior players at Arsenal for the club’s poor run of performance and empathises with Mikel Arteta.
“It does (feel flat),” Ferdinand told BT Sport. “They were totally dismantled at the weekend.
“They were destroyed by Liverpool and that’s a Liverpool team that hasn’t scaled the heights they have of the previous two seasons. They’re reliant on young, homegrown players.
“Their best players this season are the ones that have come through the system, which is great on the one hand, but when you’ve had investment in other areas of the team with experience, you want those players to come to the fore as well.
“They’ve been let down by those experienced and seasoned players this season.”
Ferdinand continued: “I feel sorry for Arteta – you bring these young kids in, which the fans all want as they can identify with the young players as they feel that’s them coming into the first-team as well, but you need to be able rely and call upon the experienced players to usher those players through with you.
“We didn’t get into the first-team and were able to produce without the help of our senior players, we know how important it is.
“They need that support and need other people to look at when the chips are down a little bit, look at that senior player who says ‘come on, follow me, this is how you get through it, I’ve been there and done it, just sit behind me and let’s go’.
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