Arteta warns Arsenal are 'very far' from hitting manager's target
A hint of improvement in the Gunners ranks has seen them lose just once of their past five games, a 1-0 defeat to Premier League leaders Manchester City.
They scraped past Benfica in the Europa League thanks to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s late winner in the second leg and followed that up with an eye-catching 3-1 victory at Leicester City.
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But Arteta has not been blinded to his team’s weaknesses by those results, and he feels they remain a long way from his idea of how they could shape up.
“Very far – very, very far,” he said.
