The Resurgence of Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal

It was a sunny August bank holiday weekend when Mikel Arteta’s injury-hit Arsenal made the long journey up to the Etihad Stadium for a blockbuster encounter with reigning Premier League Champions Manchester City.

The morale in the Arsenal camp was low, and their makeshift back five on the day only amplified that concern for the football world to see. Arsenal were played off the park that day, with Granit Xhaka’s first-half sending off compounding their misery after already falling two goals behind.

The home side then started to turn the screw even more and added another three goals to complete an emphatic 5-0 win on a really demoralising day for the Gunners. The pressure was mounting on Mikel Arteta to pull something incredible out of the hat to save his job as Arsenal boss. 

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