Tony Adams has told Leeds United how they can beat Arsenal in this afternoon's Premier League clash at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners face the relegation threatened side looking to take another step towards their first league title in 19 years.
Mikel Arteta's side are currently eight points clear of Manchester City at the top of the league with tengames remaining. The north Londoners have been in red-hot form throughout the season and are now the favourites to lift the title in May.
Leeds face tough task to leave the capital with all three points. The Whites have won only six league games all season and are only two points above the relegation zone.
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However, Javi Gracia's side have been handed a blueprint to defeat Arsenal by capitalising on the Gunners' ongoing injury issues. Arteta will be without William Saliba, Eddie Nketiah, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Mohamed Elneny for today's fixture, with there also being concerns over Thomas Partey.
The last time Arteta made changes to his starting XI, the Gunners crashed out of the Europa League by Sporting CP on penalties. And ex-Arsenal defender Tony Adams has slammed the back-up players as "bang average". "We all saw what happened when Mikel rested a couple of his big boys in the Europa League the other week," he wrote in the Sun.
"The back-up players looked bang average and were played off the park by Sporting Lisbon. At the moment they need Bukayo, Gabriel Martinelli, Martin Odegaard, Thomas Partey, Gabriel Jesus and Oleks Zinchenko playing every week because they have a team that almost picks itself. But I’m sure they’ll give Bukayo that hefty new contract to keep him at the Emirates because they know he is irreplaceable.
"If there’s a better player in world football at the moment, someone who both scores and makes goals, the only one I can think of is Lionel Messi. Bukayo is absolutely on fire and the reason Arsenal are top of the table."
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