"¿Puede el tipo de balón influir en el rendimiento? Mikel Arteta lanza la pregunta clave" - The Athletic

Este artículo fue actualizado el 9 de enero para incluir información sobre el balón utilizado en el partido de tercera ronda de la FA Cup del domingo entre el Arsenal y el Manchester United.

Arsenal’s manager was dissecting a painful 2-0 home defeat against Newcastle United in Tuesday’s Carabao Cup semi-final first leg when — unprompted by any journalist in the room — he raised an unlikely issue that, he felt, helps explain his team’s inability to convert any of their 23 shots on the night into goals.

“We also kicked a lot of balls over the bar, and it’s tricky that these balls fly a lot, so there are details that we can do better,” Arteta said in the post-match press conference.