Nine points adrift of the league leaders, on a run of four matches without a win, Arsenal’s title challenge is unquestionably hanging by a thread. The first chunk of this campaign has passed with none of the calm assurance that defined the second half of last season, and Mikel Arteta requires an urgent upturn in his team’s results.
Ed Chamberlin has said he was so hurt by criticism of ITV’s coverage of the deaths of three horses at Cheltenham, he wanted Match of the Day to come calling.
Gunners looking to get back on track in Premier League title race