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This is not the first time Arsenal have fallen from top spot after enjoying a comfortable lead. In this context, to what should we attribute this inability to follow through?<\/span><\/p>\n Asked about these setbacks, Dickov dismissed hypotheses of stress, fatigue or lack of composure, believing that injuries weighed heavily: \u201cI think injuries play a role. This is not an excuse. Looking back over the last few weeks, the simultaneous absence of Riccardo Calafiori and Jurrien Timber, two key players in Arsenal’s system, has clearly taken its toll. Some believe that Bukayo Saka has not shone statistically this season, but his impact remains considerable as soon as he steps on the pitch.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOn the other hand, if you look at City, they had some injuries at the start of the season, but now they have a full and fit squad. Timing sometimes makes all the difference. It is no coincidence that Manchester City, at this stage of the season, have got off to an excellent start thanks to the experience they have at their disposal.<\/span><\/p>\n On the Arsenal side, I’m not talking about lack of courage. This team has been fantastic all season. She made small mistakes that in other circumstances would have gone unnoticed, but you can’t afford to make them when Man City are breathing down your neck because they know exactly what they’re doing.<\/span><\/p>\n People say De Bruyne or Kyle Walker are gone, it’s true. But I have been saying for weeks that they have players in their locker room who are inveterate winners.<\/span><\/p>\n This season, with (Gianluigi) Donnarumma, the Champions League, or even Italy champion, they have already experienced everything: Ruben Dias, John Stones, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden, Erling Haaland. Not everyone plays at the same time, but their simple presence in the locker room is decisive.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOrdinarily, with such a lead, Arsenal would have been able to ease the pressure. But City, with its experience, knows that it can continue to charge forward and is closing the gap, as it has already demonstrated. \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is not the first time Arsenal have fallen from top spot after enjoying a comfortable lead. In this context, to what should we attribute this inability to follow through? Asked about these setbacks, Dickov dismissed hypotheses of stress, fatigue or lack of composure, believing that injuries weighed heavily: \u201cI think injuries play a role. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}