Mikel Arteta was right to punish Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and has earned massive respect for dropping him. I thought what he did in leaving Aubameyang on the bench for the North London Derby after being late for a team meeting was absolutely brilliant. It’s the best bit of management he will ever do in his whole career. Arteta has to think of the future of the club - and the future of the club is players like Emile Smith Rowe and Bukayo Saka. If they are sitting in that meeting and Aubameyang strolls in late and you let him play in the game, you’re opening the door for them to do it too. Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta dropped Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for the clash with Tottenham last week...
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