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‘Guardiola, Ferguson, Mourinho & Wenger combined couldn’t help Arsenal!’ – Basic errors concern Merson

The former Gunners star was left less than impressed by a north London derby defeat to Tottenham, with senior men undermining collective efforts

Arsenal are being held back by basic errors and certain players placing too much emphasis on statistics, says Paul Merson, with the Gunners warned that the combined forces of Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho, Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger could not help them if players “can’t pass the ball five yards”.

Sead Kolasinac struggled on that front during a north London derby clash with Tottenham on Sunday, with the Bosnian defender teeing up Heung-min Son to cancel out Alexandre Lacazette’s opener.