"[Jose] Mourinho always used to say, you need to be pragmatic," Cesc Fabregas told 90min. "Maybe at the beginning nowadays, you do need to get results first, I don't deny that, but you have to have the personality.
"For example, someone like Patrick Vieira at Nice. I followed him at New York City and now at Nice for a few years. He has a young squad but he goes with his philosophy no matter what. He likes to play.
"He knows that the kids will make mistakes, but he says 'If you make a mistake, it's on me'. He has the personality to not change.
"You will not see Vieira going 4-4-2 in a defensive way or something like that because he always believes in his players and his methodology. It's very nice to see coaches like this."
Arteta has been putting more emphasis on the defensive side of the game this season using a formation with 3 centre-backs.
To a certain extent, this approach could be efficient. The victory at Old Trafford is a good example.
However, Arsenal face huge problems against lesser teams when they have to switch to an attacking mode lacking creativity to put them under real pressure with this system.
