IF FRENCH newspaper L’Equipe are to be believed, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta needed a victory against Chelsea on Saturday night to keep hold of his job.

A loss would have seen him out of a job and the Gunners searching for their third permanent manager in three years since Arsene Wenger retired in 2017.

Instead, a first-half Alexandre Lacazette penalty and sublime Grant Xhaka free-kick gave Arsenal the lead in the before the break, with the result put to bed 10 minutes into the second-half when Hale End academy graduate Bakary Sako found the back-post with a deft finish from the edge of the box.