Match report – Player ratings – Video It's very difficult to start today's blog with a positive after a dismal 3-0 defeat to Aston Villa, but let's give it a go. If Mikel Arteta's rationale for not changing the team after the win over Man Utd was predicated on the players having earned their places, then after what we saw last night there will have to be changes because there were some bad individual performances in a miserable collective one. Home defeats to Leicester and Villa so far this season shine the spotlight on what is emerging as a significant problem for the new manager. His record in big games against so-called big opposition is good, but when we play these teams we...
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