{"id":298813,"date":"2023-12-09T12:25:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T12:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=298813"},"modified":"2023-12-09T12:25:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T12:25:19","slug":"why-mikel-arteta-is-not-on-the-arsenal-touchline-against-aston-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/why-mikel-arteta-is-not-on-the-arsenal-touchline-against-aston-villa\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Mikel Arteta is not on the Arsenal touchline against Aston Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Why Mikel Arteta is not on the Arsenal touchline for their crucial Premier League clash against Aston Villa<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Gunners face a stern test when they travel to Villa Park on Saturday evening\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>Unai Emery&#8217;s side are coming off the back of a dominant win against Man City<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>It will do Arsenal no harm at all to have Arteta out of sight at Villa Park &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Arsenal face a stern test of their title credentials when they take on Aston Villa on Saturday evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners sit top of the Premier League table after grabbing a late winner against Luton in midweek and travel to Villa Park to face their former boss Unai Emery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Under the Spaniard&#8217;s management Villa have registered 14 consecutive home victories including a dominant 1-0 win over Manchester City on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal will need to be at their best to topple Emery&#8217;s outfit and they will have to do so without their manager Mikel Arteta.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His assistant\u00a0Albert Stuivenberg will oversee the game, while Arteta takes up a position in the directors box following his actions at Kenilworth Road.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/09\/10\/78731199-12844651-The_Gunners_boss_suggested_that_he_is_being_singled_out_for_his_-a-23_1702117441093.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Gunners boss suggested that he is being singled out for his celebrations, and that he is not the only manager in the Premier League to do so\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/09\/10\/78764583-12844651-image-a-25_1702117736387.jpg\" height=\"445\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>There were wild scenes in the away end at Kenilworth Road after Declan Rice&#8217;s late winner<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/09\/10\/78731203-12844651-Mikel_Arteta_picked_up_a_booking_against_Luton_after_celebrating-a-24_1702117455214.jpg\" height=\"459\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta picked up a booking against Luton after celebrating Declan Rice&#8217;s last minute winner<\/p>\n<p><span>Why is Mikel Arteta not on Arsenal&#8217;s touchline?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Arsenal boss was shown his third yellow card of the campaign for his part in the jubilant celebrations of Declan Rice&#8217;s last-gasp winner.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Arteta\u00a0hinted that he is being singled out for breaching his technical area with the rules not consistently applied across the league.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We are (allowed to celebrate) but I think we have a boundary. Maybe we have to extend.&#8217; He said in his pre-match press conference. We just need a very strong rope, or we don\u2019t move. But it means\u00a0<span>we <\/span>don\u2019t move \u2014 all of us.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>When asked if other bosses have been invading the pitch, he commented: \u2018This is why I say <span>we<\/span>.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Who is\u00a0Albert Stuivenberg?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/09\/10\/78764619-12844651-image-m-27_1702117881125.jpg\" height=\"552\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Dutch coach will oversee the game in the absence of Arteta at Villa Park.\u00a0Stuivenberg has previously worked with Louis Van Gaal at Manchester United.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 53-year-old also briefly had a stint with Belgian side Genk after leaving Old Trafford in 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From there\u00a0Stuivenberg joined Wales in 2018, where he coached Gareth Bale, and then job-shared with the Gunners.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He eventually made the north London club his sole focus in 2021 as Arsenal transitioned into a serious force in the Premier League.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12844651\/Mikel-Arteta-Arsenal-touchline-Premier-League-Aston-Villa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Mikel Arteta is not on the Arsenal touchline for their crucial Premier League clash against Aston Villa The Gunners face a stern test when they travel to Villa Park on Saturday evening\u00a0\u00a0 Unai Emery&#8217;s side are coming off the back of a dominant win against Man City It will do Arsenal no harm at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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