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Garth Crooks has questioned whether Mikel Arteta can leave someone of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s ‘class’ on the Arsenal bench, as he told BBC Sport.
Over the weekend, Aubameyang started on the bench when Arsenal suffered a 1-0 defeat at Villa Park.
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Given the way Nicolas Pepe was heading into Saturday’s showdown against Dean Smith’s men, it seemed Arteta chose the left-handed winger ahead of Aubameyang.
Well, former Spurs forward Crooks believes that Arsenal cannot afford to initiate Pepe and leave their current timid forward on the bench.
“I know Nicolas Pepe scored against the Wolves last week,” Crooks said.
“But can Arsenal really afford to leave someone of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s class on the bench? I do not think so.
“Having got his team back on track with some decent results, Mikel Arteta is meddling again.”
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Last season, Aubameyang was a shoo-in for Arsenal and the first name on the team sheet.
But, for this current campaign alone, there isn’t much evidence to back the £ 56 million Arsenal hit man (BBC Sport) because he only has five Premier League goals to his name.
Pepe has shown great improvements in recent weeks and is someone who is growing as an individual on that left side.
Plus, when Aubameyang entered Villa Park on Saturday, he didn’t do much in terms of getting the ball talking.
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