Back to the Atlanta United Newsfeed

For Arteta and Arsenal, the honeymoon may be over

Mikel Arteta is the very model of a modern manager: trendily dressed with not a hair out of place, a man with a plan for every Arsenal occasion. For all the world he looks like the new Pep Guardiola, his mentor at Manchester City. Same intensity, same search for perfection. But after winning both the FA Cup and the Community Shield in his first nine months with the Gunners, doubts are beginning to creep in that the Arteta medicine may not, after all, provide the instant cure Arsenal's fans envisaged. In short, the honeymoon may be over.