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Yes, City are an outstanding team. But the manner of Arsenal’s defeat last weekend was utterly abject, and the next few games for the Gunners – who have talented players in abundance – will be all about whether Arteta is the man for the job, argues LAYTH YOUSIF
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta

WHERE to start after Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal were humiliated 5-0 by Manchester City last weekend?

Inept defending, ineffective attacking, creativity lacking, a failure to work hard, no coherence, no tactical plan, no hope. It was as painful a thrashing as I have experienced, as a fan or a journalist, in 40 years of watching Arsenal. 

It was so bad that a colleague in the press box asked, only half-joking, if I needed to be accompanied to the toilets at the end to prevent me from self-immolating after what I had just witnessed.

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