‘You weren’t like this at Palace!’ Tom Cairney cannot believe what Mikel Arteta has done to Eberechi Eze

Under Mikel Arteta, nobody at Arsenal gets a free pass without the ball. Every player is expected to press, track back and do the dirty work, and that’s a big part of why they’re so hard to beat.

Having played against Arteta’s Arsenal six times, Fulham midfielder Tom Cairney is well aware of how difficult they are to play. He explained as much speaking on Marc White Fixes Football .

“They can out-football you or they can beat you up,” Cairney said. “Right now [the Premier League title is] theirs to lose, in my opinion.