Arsenal drew their fourth straight game in the Premier League this time with a scoreline of 0-0 against Burnley and right now they go into the winter break.
This break could not have come at a better time since the Arsenal players are really struggling to kill off teams early on during games and right now they need to get their focus back or else things could really start looking bad for the North London outfit.
And speaking after the Turf Moor stalemate, Mikel Arteta has revealed how he plans on using the winter break to prepare for the final half of the season.
‘It’s good to go away, the players have been through a lot,’ Arteta told the official Arsenal website via The Metro.
‘The last two-three months have been tough for them so I want to give them a few days off. Then we’re going to go to Dubai, start working and focus on Newcastle.
‘We have to stay positive. It’s very tough to come [to Burnley] and when the game develops like this, to control it is hard. I wanted to win so badly and I’m disappointed.
‘I’m more disappointed with the unnecessary balls we have given away and put ourselves in trouble with. They press high and they are good at that but in many phases of the game, we could have done better. ‘When we did better, we generated the chances we wanted.
‘We have to improve quality-wise. We’re very far in terms of what I want in sustaining attacks and being unpredictable in our play, but that’s a process.
‘In the next two weeks, we have longer periods for training and I’ll use them. We need some players back from injury and try our best to improve the team.’
Arsenal return back after the international break to take on Newcastle United in the Premier League on the 16th of February following which they get back into the Europa League knockout stages.
