- Arsenal is currently seven Liverpool points in the race for the title
- Rio Ferdinand believes that Mikel Arteta has cost its side with a key decision
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Rio Ferdinand believes that Mikel Arteta made a crucial mistake at the beginning of this season that could be expensive in the search for the arsenal of the Premier League title.
The Gunners are currently in an undefeated race of 15 games in the highest category, but remain seven points behind the leaders of the Liverpool League.
The men of Arteta obtained another three points on the board on Saturday when two late goals from Mikel Merino sealed a 2-0 victory in Leicester.
The improvised striker appeared with two important goals, but it was another striker, Ethan Nwaneri, 17, who really caught the attention when he caused Leicester problems all afternoon before establishing the opening goal.
Arteta was cautious by integrating Nwaneri into the first team in the first months of the campaign, but after seeing the young man on Saturday, Ferdinand is convinced that it was a mistake, and has argued that he should have been taken to the side when the captain The Martin Odegaard club was discarded for two months with an ankle injury.
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Río Ferdinand believes that Ethan Nwaneri should have been taken to the arsenal starting XI before
Nwaneri (fourth right) has been revelation since he received more team football
Mikel Arteta was reluctant to use Nwaneri at the beginning of the season, and Ferdinand believes that this could cost Arsenal in the race for the title
'What he is doing … He is cooking defenders, he is cooking teams. I think if I entered, I would have obtained more points.
'It is easy to say it in retrospect, but I was saying it at that time. Typ and just look, what is the worst thing that can happen?
'Because you were running dead alleys at that time and not obtaining results. Put it! Odegaard was gone.
Ferdinand is not the only high profile expert who has been impressed with Nwaneri after his outstanding performance against Leicester.
Joe Cole compared the extreme with Lionel Messi after his exhibition, while Alan Shearer praised Nwaneri as a 'potential superstar'.
Nwaneri has had to wait patiently a prolonged race on the Arteta side, but now has seven goals in 24 appearances in all competitions in this term.
It is likely to remain in the initial XI in the predictable future, with Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli even weeks after returning to action.
But Ferdinand is inflexible that not playing Nwaneri before could persecute Arsenal again, and time was exhausted so that the northern London outfit chases Liverpool for his first victory for the title in 21 years.
