Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has claimed that Eberechi Eze was upset with him due to some of the decisions he has made recently.

The Gunners signed Eze from Crystal Palace in the summer transfer window in a big money move.

He was expected to hit the ground running straight away but the England international has struggled for a large part of the season.

Although he has shown flashes of his brilliance, Eze has failed to find the consistency that he showed at Palace.

In the recent 1-1 draw against Brentford, Arteta decided to take Eze off at halftime and replaced him with Martin Odegaard.

In the 2-2 draw against Wolves, Eze was benched and Arteta believes that his decision did not go down well with the attacking midfielder.

Mikel Arteta was full of praise for Eberechi Eze

Arteta started Eze in the North London derby and Eze showed his quality by scoring two crucial goals for the Gunners.

In his post match press conference, Arteta said, as reported by Metro:

‘He has scored five goals in the last two games against Tottenham, which is extremely difficult to do, but I could see that he wanted to prove something.

‘He was upset, even with me, because I didn’t...