Mikel Arteta says he'd like to see goals made bigger in order to encourage attacking football. The Arsenal manager thinks that widening the goalposts - which currently stand at 7.32 metres long and 2.44 metres high - would ensure that attacking play is better rewarded, and cause a "massive discomfort" to sides who were only interested in defending.
The Gunners boss was speaking in a Q&A session on the Gunners' Twitter account when he was asked what he'd like to see changed in football. "I would make the goals bigger," he replied. "So for those teams that want to sit deep all the time, they will suffer, and then we'll see more attacking football. "Nowadays I'm concerned that football is going a little bit more defensive and trying to