Walcott claims Arteta ‘won’t be happy’ with Arsenal star after win over Coventry City | OneFootball

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta “won’t be happy” with Eberechi Eze after what he did at the end of the win over Coventry City, according to Theo Walcott.

The Gunners ran out comfortable winners against the newly-promoted side on Friday evening with Coventry mustering just four shots in the entire match.

Arsenal took a 2-0 lead into the break thanks to goals from Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka, before a Martin Odegaard effort wrapped up the scoring early in the second half.

Arteta’s side looked very strong as they aim to defend their Premier League crown but ex-Gunners winger Walcott insists the Arsenal head coach will not be happy with Eze’s speculation long-range effort towards the end of the match.

Walcott told Premier League Productions: “Creating that winning mentality is so important for this team because as soon as you start those habits it’s hard for these teams.

“You saw Coventry, they didn’t know what to do at times, there were too big gaps, too big spaces, Arsenal, when they play with the handbrake off, I wanted to see a little bit more, I felt Arsenal have so more gears to go into and that’s great.

“Even when the substitutions came on, that’s when their chances are to show Mikel, ‘don’t forget about me’. I felt some could have done a little bit more coming on maybe, but it’s the first game of the season and you’ve got to give them the benefit of the doubt.

“It’s just a reminder to the guys who aren’t starting that it’s a big, deep squad. If you want to be in that starting line-up, there are standards that Mikel will be looking into.

“Eze having that shot at the end… I’m not sure he [Arteta] will be happy with that. I know it’s such a small thing but these are little details that he will look into each individual player if he’s going to be with them throughout the season, that’s just a sign to see.”

Tzolis reminds me of ex-Arsenal star Sanchez – Walcott

Summer signing Christos Tzolis was given a start in his first Premier League appearance for Arsenal and Walcott was impressed by what he saw.

Walcott added: “I like him a lot, he reminds me of Alexis [Sanchez].

“The reason why I say that, when he gets the ball his first touch is positive, his first thought is forward, attack the full-back. Alexi would always give the full-back a headache and even wearing the number 17 reminds he of him, I know he moved to the number seven when Tomas Rosicky moved on,

“However, there’s something about the way he moves with the ball, he glides on the field, they want to keep on giving it to him as well, I think you can see the confidence is growing and growing, he has go a bit more pace about him than Trossard does, so he’s a bit of a hybrid between Trossard and Alexis.

“But very impressed, when he gets fitter and players get to know his game a lot more, but I like what I see so far, really impressed.”