Mikel Arteta compares Arsenal and Liverpool bench options and says Gunners are 'very short' after Aston Villa draw
19 January 2025, 07:47 | Updated: 19 January 2025, 12:29
Mikel Arteta bemoaned his options from the bench as Arsenal threw away a 2-0 lead against Aston Villa hours after super-sub Darwin Nunez had rescued title rivals Liverpool.
The Reds were able to call on substitutes Nunez, Andrew Robertson, Federico Chiesa, Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliott as their domination and fresh legs eventually wore down Brentford to secure a 2-0 injury-time victory in west London.
After Aston Villa had wiped out Arsenal's lead by the same scoreline, leaving them in danger of slipping six points off the league leaders, Arteta made just one change from his own bench, bringing on Raheem Sterling for Gabriel Martinelli with eight minutes left - a change which ultimately failed to provide victory.
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