Mikel Arteta has been told to drop two players by Arsenal legend Ian Wright.
The Gunners have made a disappointing start to the season, currently 15th and on a run of five Premier League games without a win following defeat to Burnley on the weekend.
On the back of that latest setback, Gunners legend Wright has been discussing some selection decisions Arteta should be considering ahead of Wednesday night's clash with Arsenal.
Wright believes two players should be dropped with one decision already made for Arteta with Granit Xhaka banned for three games following his red card last time out.
"He [Xhaka] got sent off doing what he does a lot, when a player is going past him he drags them down, he’s never in the right position, he’s always having to drag people down and make fouls, and he’s done it again and it cost us," Wright told Premier League Productions.
"The manager has stuck with him for a while. He has shown a lot of faith in him. I think he has done the same with Willian. He has done the same with Lacazette. There are players now that should be getting a blast at it now.
"Throw in Eddie Nketiah, Emile Smith-Rowe coming back on-loan and doing well at Huddersfield last season. Joe Willock, Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
"You need to do something different because if it carries on like this and he continues to have faith in these players, and they are not delivering, then I don’t know what’s going to happen next."
Speaking about Arsenal's current slump, Wright added: "It’s a time when you need experienced players the most. I feel like at this particular moment, he has had a lot of faith in them and they have kind of let him down up to this point.
"I think Arsenal are at a real crisis point in terms of confidence. It’s going to be even lower now and it’s going to take something to build them up. This is why it needs some freshness. Just blood some fresh impetus."
