Two days before the clash against Liverpool in the Premier League, Mikel Arteta returned to the red card of young Max Dowman. During Arsenal’s elimination in the League Cup on Wednesday at Fleetwood, the 16-year-old winger was sent off following an altercation with an opposing player. The images of Arteta’s dark gaze towards his young nugget when the latter returned to the locker room have gone around the web. And two days later, Arteta still seems not to have digested his mistake. “ I didn’t see the reaction to my reaction. Whether positive or negative, you have to understand the context, the relationship I have with him and what we discussed before. If you saw my mother and father’s reaction to me sometimes, you would say “I don’t like that reaction.” But for me, it was the best reaction ever, because it allowed me to be myself. But you want to see the best and most beautiful reaction. Do you want to see the reaction of his teammates when they have to play with 10? »
He then continued his rant: “ what do you expect? This is the level, and this is the reaction. Whether it’s fair or not, that’s the reaction. And when I don’t win, I’m furious, really. This is the environment and reality. We’re not at Disneyland, we’re in the Premier League. We take great care of him, but we are also demanding, because he must earn his place on the pitch, otherwise what will the other players say to me? » That’s clear. In the meantime, Dowman has been suspended for three games and will miss the clash at Anfield on Sunday.
