Bournemouth extended their unbeaten run to 12 games as they beat Arsenal 2-1 at the Emirates over a weekend to forget for the side as title rivals Manchester City beat Chelsea 3-0.
Arsenal, leading City by nine points, now face City this weekend and as they continue to drop points many pundits are backing Pep Guardiola’s side to ease past The Gunners.
All eyes will be on Sunday's match at the Etihad as Stanton, a renowned body language expert and behavioural analyst, believes Arteta is secretly furious with his side ahead of the clash as he spoke to OLBG.
“Arteta gave a fantastic interview from the perspective of a body language analyst.
“We saw him flash expressions of real anger. He was absolutely furious at this team for what happened against Bournemouth, but it’s not just this result. He is so angry for what has become of them in recent games, even before this latest setback.
“But Arteta was actually holding back. We can see lip suppression where he wants to say things that he knows he can’t so we see the effort around his lips to prevent himself for letting anything slip out.
“It’s clear there is a big internal shift going on in Arteta’s emotions. It is as if, mentally, he is pacing from side to side, exercising all this anxiety, frustration and anger. Arteta is giving off all the signals of someone who doesn’t believe he’s going to be around for much longer.”
Arteta, who is into his sixth full season as Arsenal manager has his quadruple hopes crushed and now may see his title ambitions cut down by Guardiola who won’t go gentle on his former assistant manager in the final strecth of the campaign.