Overview
- Paul Scholes criticised Arsenal’s style, calling them boring and suggesting they could be the worst team to win the league if they triumph.
- Mikel Arteta laughed off the remarks, saying contacts across Europe view Arsenal as the most exciting team and asking for critics’ names and emails.
- Coverage highlights Arsenal’s set-piece strength with 17 goals, three more than any other club, and notes Viktor Gyokeres as their league top scorer on six.
- Arsenal lead the Premier League and became the first team to win all eight Champions League league-phase matches this season.
- Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown and pundit Simon Jordan rejected Scholes’ view, as Arteta prioritised trophies ahead of the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg against Chelsea, which Arsenal lead 3-2 on aggregate.