Mikel Arteta reveals why Gabriel Martinelli has not been playing much for Arsenal this season

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Arsenal enjoy mixed season

Arsenal have enjoyed a thoroughly mixed start to the Premier League campaign. Three straight losses saw them head into the September international break bottom of the Premier League table, without having picked up a point and without having even scored a goal.

However, in the time since, the Gunners have won three and drawn one of their last four games, a record which saw Mikel Arteta scoop up the manager of the month award for September.

💪 3 wins
⚽️ 5 goals
⛔️ 2 clean sheets

👔 Mikel Arteta is the @BarclaysFooty Manager of the Month #PLAwards pic.twitter.com/PY1Bt0zHp7

— Premier League (@premierleague) October 8, 2021

One man who has not played much part in the upturn in form, however, has been highly rated Brazilian Gabriel Martinelli. While Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith Rowe have starred, their fellow young talent has not managed to make it off the bench, only appearing in the Carabao Cup third-round win over AFC Wimbledon.

Arteta provides an explanation for his absence

Speaking ahead of the Gunners’ clash with Crystal Palace, managed by former invincible Patrick Vieira, Mikel Arteta was quick to defend Martinelli’s lack of game-time, revealing that he had also picked up an injury that leaves him a doubt for the visit of the Eagles on Monday night.

The boss said:

[he’s not playing] because of the amount of players we have in those positions, first of all. He had some games that he played. He started against Brentford and he started against Chelsea.”

But unfortunately, he got injured last week. It’s a minor injury, we don’t know if he’s going to be available for Monday.

“We have a lot of trust in Gabi. We sometimes forget his age, what he’s done and where he is.”

Arteta says Martinelli has “a minor injury, we don’t know if he’s going to be available for Monday”.

He adds that Arsenal have “a lot of trust” in Martinelli.

“We sometimes forget his age, what he’s done and where he is.”

— James Benge (@jamesbenge) October 14, 2021

However, the Arsenal boss reiterated that the club had no intention of Gabriel Martinelli letting him leave on loan in January, seemingly closing the door to the prospect:

“We are very happy with [Martinelli], we’re not thinking [about a loan].”

Will Martinelli be able to work his way into the starting XI, or will it be another season of warming the bench for the youngster?

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Premier League table

#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Chelsea FC	7	12	16
2	Liverpool FC	7	11	15
3	Manchester City	7	11	14
4	Manchester United	7	8	14
5	Everton FC	7	5	14
6	Brighton & Hove Albion	7	3	14
7	Brentford FC	7	4	12
8	Tottenham Hotspur	7	-4	12
9	West Ham United	7	4	11
10	Aston Villa	7	1	10
11	Arsenal FC	7	-5	10
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7	-1	9
13	Leicester City	7	-3	8
14	Crystal Palace	7	-3	7
15	Watford FC	7	-3	7
16	Leeds United	7	-7	6
17	Southampton FC	7	-5	4
18	Burnley FC	7	-6	3
19	Newcastle United	7	-8	3
20	Norwich City	7	-14	1

Player	Team	Goals
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	6
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City	6
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United	5
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	4
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	4
Maupay, Neal	Brighton & Hove Albion	4
Sarr, Ismaila	Watford FC	4
Townsend, Andros	Everton FC	3
Benrahma, Said	West Ham United	3
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	3
Gray, Demarai	Everton FC	3
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	3
Lukaku, Romelu	Chelsea FC	3
Calvert-Lewin, Dominic	Everton FC	3
Jota, Diogo	Liverpool FC	3
Hwang, Hee-chan	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3
Raphinha	Leeds United	3
Greenwood, Mason	Manchester United	3
Doucoure, Abdoulaye	Everton FC	2
Jesus, Gabriel	Manchester City	2

Player	Team	Red Cards	Yellow Cards
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	0	4
Skipp, Oliver	Tottenham Hotspur	0	4
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	0	3
Doucoure, Abdoulaye	Everton FC	0	3
Rice, Declan	West Ham United	0	3
Cooper, Liam	Leeds United	0	3
Norgaard, Christian	Brentford FC	0	3
Tarkowski, James	Burnley FC	0	3
Veltman, Joel	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	3
Brownhill, Josh	Burnley FC	0	3
Etebo, Oghenekaro	Watford FC	0	3
Djenepo, Moussa	Southampton FC	0	3
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United	0	1
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	0	2
Maupay, Neal	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	2
Jimenez, Raul	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	2
Raphinha	Leeds United	0	2
Gallagher, Conor	Crystal Palace	0	2
Alonso, Marcos	Chelsea FC	0	2
Ward Prowse, James	Southampton FC	1	1

Player	Team	Assists
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	7
Doucoure, Abdoulaye	Everton FC	4
Jesus, Gabriel	Manchester City	4
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	3
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United	3
Saint-Maximin, Allan	Newcastle United	3
Kovacic, Mateo	Chelsea FC	3
Townsend, Andros	Everton FC	2
Benrahma, Said	West Ham United	2
Ings, Danny	Aston Villa	2
Toney, Ivan	Brentford FC	2
Jimenez, Raul	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	2
James, Reece	Chelsea FC	2
Azpilicueta, Cesar	Chelsea FC	2
Gross, Pascal	Brighton & Hove Albion	2
King, Joshua	Watford FC	2
Pereira, Ricardo	Leicester City	2
Alexander-Arnold, Trent	Liverpool FC	2
Rice, Declan	West Ham United	2