'Same old' Arsenal need to change like Tottenham, insists former Gunners striker Ian Wright

Frustrated: Wenger cuts a dejected figure on the Emirates touchline
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Sam Long13 March 2016

Ian Wright has called for Arsenal to change like their fierce rivals Tottenham after the Gunners were dumped out of the FA Cup by Watford.

The holders went into today's game unbeaten in 16 cup fixtures but came up short against Quique Sanchez Flores's side at the Emirates Stadium.

Odion Ighalo fired Watford in front before Adlene Guedioura smashed home a superb second, with Danny Welbeck's late strike proving to be little more than a consolation.

Arsenal are now unlikely to win any silverware this season as they trail Barcelona 2-0 ahead of this week's Champions League clash at the Camp Nou and are eight points adrift of Leicester in the Premier League title race.

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Arsene Wenger's side are also six points behind Spurs, who beat Aston Villa earlier this afternoon, and Wright is adamant immediate change is needed in the red half of north London.

"They're doing stuff that you expect them to do now," said BT Sport pundit Wright.

"You want to see them do stuff that you're not expecting - like win games that they have to win.

"That's what you want - to see the change.

"Just like Spurs have got a change about them. There's no change at Arsenal and it seems like it's the same old, same old about to happen again."

Tottenham have emerged as unlikely title challengers this term and the club is upwardly mobile under Mauricio Pochettino, whose rigorous fitness regime has helped Spurs compete at the top of the division.

Meanwhile, some sections of Arsenal's fanbase have grown frustrated with their side's struggles during the second half of the season, which has become an all too familiar sight in recent years.

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