Paul Scholes has joined Gary Neville and Paul Merson in criticising Mikel Arteta for making a decision which they claim led to Arsenal 's downfall against Manchester United.
The Gunners suffered a deflating deflating 3-1 defeat at Old Trafford on Sunday, with Arteta choosing to make a drastic triple substitution after Marcus Rashford gave United the lead on 66 minutes. Despite the game being far from out of the Arsenal's reach and Bukayo Saka equalising only six minutes prior, teammates Emile Smith Rowe, Eddie Nketiah and Fabio Vieira were promptly hauled on in place of Martin Odegaard, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Albert Sambi Lokonga, giving the Gunners a more attacking lineup.
But Arteta's "bold" tactical shift left Arsenal exposed defensively, and Rashford soon capitalised by scoring his second and United's third. Neville questioned the Arsenal manager's decision during the game, while Merson described it as a "knee-jerk reaction."
