MIKEL ARTETA fears "engine trouble" is damaging Arsenal’s drive for a first Premier League title in 21 years. Blowing the lead at Chelsea means they now sit nine points behind leaders Liverpool with no wins from the last four league games. And boss Arteta reckons injuries to key players are forcing him to chop and change so much that the season is stalling.
The Spaniard said: “We had a very clear intention of what we could do as a team and that was about making the pieces in the car much better, more efficient and unpredictable. "But what we found out was that every day we had to change something big - the engine, the wheels or the steering wheel because we have problem after problem. “There’s nothing that we can do about that.
What I’m praying is that after the international break we have the team fully physically equipped. “That they are available and that they are fit, because it’s been a nightmare for eight weeks. “Doubt after doubt, issue after issue, not only with the ones that are not able to play, but with the ones who are able to play only for certain moments and not able to play.
“So I’m just asking that, because the desire the team has and how much we want it there’s no question. It’s going to come. We just need that on our side to be more consistent.
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