Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was caught kicking a chair in frustration during the win over Hull with Eberechi Eze at the centre of the story

A video has emerged following Arsenal’s win over Hull City of Mikel Arteta reacting angrily on the touchline. The suggestion is that the response was sparked by Eberechi Eze.

Having come off the bench as a substitute, Eze lost the ball on several occasions in quick succession. Initially, Arteta had been barking orders in the players’ direction, before the England international then gave away a soft foul.

In response, Arteta stormed over to his dugout and kicked one of the chairs before sharing an exchange with assistant coach Gabriel Heinze. Before the chair incident, another assistant coach, Albert Stuivenberg, is seen, it seems, trying to calm the Spaniard with little success.

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Arteta has come into plenty of crosshairs for critics for his touchline behaviour. He himself admitted pre-match that he knows he struggles to stay within the confines of his technical area but wanted clarity on how managers being punished for infringements were being dealt with across games.

“If I leave it technical areas, it's my mistake, I'm wrong, that's it,” Arteta said. “You don't have to look at anybody else.

“The thing is, as we always say, let's be consistent. If you are out, you are out, and then it's a yellow. If it's one centimetre, you are out, you are out, then it has to be a yellow. Otherwise, it's sometimes yes, sometimes no.

“All of us, we get, okay, when is it then? When is yes and when no? And that's a collaboration that we need to have with everybody.

“Unless, yeah, we sit down there and that's it. I can't help it; I'm sorry. I will try to do my best, but I can't help it sometimes.”

At full-time, with the game won, Arteta went over to Eze, arm across his mouth as if to hide what he was saying to him, before embracing the player, and both men smiled afterwards.

The demands Arteta has on his players are of the highest order, and with a second championship on the line, understandably so. Some use it as a stick to beat him with, while others value the transformation of the club and therefore the methods are respected.

Eze’s role in the team has been fluid, and the return of Christos Tzolis from injury has immediately relegated the England attacker to the bench. In the Greek’s absence, despite scoring against Lille, Arteta took him off at half-time away at Forest for Noni Madueke, who won the game.

Eze is yet to score or assist in the Premier League, with just two goals in the Champions League to his name across all competitions. He is averaging a 6.9 rating across matches statistically according to FotMob, and across football.london’s match ratings his average has been 6.3 so far.

More is needed, more is expected from Eze. His future in the side is far from assured.