{"id":295744,"date":"2023-12-02T11:24:25","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T11:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=295744"},"modified":"2023-12-02T11:24:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T11:24:25","slug":"mikel-arteta-breaks-his-silence-on-shock-decision-to-drop-gabriel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/mikel-arteta-breaks-his-silence-on-shock-decision-to-drop-gabriel\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikel Arteta breaks his silence on shock decision to drop Gabriel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Mikel Arteta finally breaks his silence on his shock decision to drop Gabriel at the start of the season, claiming the Brazilian&#8217;s relegation to the bench has made him a better player<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Arsenal have the best defensive record in the Premier League so far this term\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Their intimidating rearguard is built on the relationship of Gabriel and Saliba\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>IAN LADYMAN: If Spurs go toe-to-toe with City, they&#8217;ll have their trousers pulled down &#8211;\u00a0It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mikel Arteta reckons his decision to drop Gabriel Magalhaes from the starting line-up at the beginning of the season has led to the Brazilian becoming a better player.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The defender has been ever-present in Arsenal&#8217;s backline, having began the campaign on the bench amid speculation that he was set for a transfer to the Saudi Pro League.<\/p>\n<p>The result was a shaky beginning to the Premier League season for the title chasers as they drew 2-2 at home draw to Fulham. It was the last straw before the 25-year-old was reinstated for the win against Manchester United in September.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since then Gabriel has anchored the league&#8217;s best defence alongside William Saliba and Arteta believes this is in part down to his decision to relegate the former Lille star to the substitutes bench.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In football it\u2019s about tomorrow,\u2019 he said ahead of the Gunners&#8217; clash with Wolves on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/10\/78498821-12817333-image-a-23_1701512303872.jpg\" height=\"477\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta believes his decision to drop Gabriel at the start of the season has done him good<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/10\/78498831-12817333-image-a-24_1701512307280.jpg\" height=\"472\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gabriel has been in fine form since he was reinstated to the starting line-up in September<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It\u2019s about form, it\u2019s about how you are playing, it\u2019s about how you are behaving and you have to earn it every single day, because you know somebody else is next to you and wants to take your place and deserves to take your place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Sometimes you just need to sit down on the bench and realise things and then suddenly you become a much better player.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal&#8217;s stellar defence has helped propel them to the top of the league standings with the fewest goals conceded and an Expected Goals Against figure bettered only by Manchester City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of Declan Rice has certainly helped in this regard, as has the partnership between Gabriel and the 22-year-old Saliba, which Arteta feels is &#8216;strange&#8217; for defenders so young and is strengthen by an &#8216;intangible&#8217; bond.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;To see those two centre backs at that age in the Premier League doing what they\u2019re doing that\u2019s very strange.&#8217; He added.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But credit to them that\u2019s a partnership. Building a relationship and chemistry there is not a company that can give you that statistic, that\u2019s impossible to measure.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There is something there, it\u2019s not tangible but it\u2019s very, very important in certain positions and those two certainly have that.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/10\/78498833-12817333-image-a-25_1701512311276.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gabriel and WIlliam Saliba have been the bedrock of Arsenal&#8217;s impressive defence<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12817333\/Mikel-Arteta-Gabriel-Arsenal-bench-William-Saliba.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mikel Arteta finally breaks his silence on his shock decision to drop Gabriel at the start of the season, claiming<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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