Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal were stunned by Man Utd (Picture: Getty)David Seaman slammed Mikel Arteta’s ‘strange’ decision to sub off captain Martin Odegaard during Arsenal’s defeat to Manchester United and said the quadruple change ‘disrupted’ the Gunners. Arsenal skipper Odegaard was one of the players to make way and Seaman believes that was a ‘strange’ decision from Arteta that ‘disrupted the team. The Gunner did level the match in the 84th minute through second-half substitute Merino but then saw Manchester United go down the other end and Matheus Cunha score a brilliant winner. ‘It was 2-1 at the time, it was almost a knee-jerk reaction to the second United goal, I don’t know why but it brought a bit of tension into the crowd. Manchester United impressed at the Emirates Stadium (Picture: Getty)‘Odegaard could’ve picked a pass, it was very telling his body language, he was surprised he was coming off.

Source: Metro January 25, 2026 21:51 UTC