Mikel Arteta insists troubled Arsenal are tighter at the back than ever. The Gunners boss launched his case for the defence despite watching his free-falling outfit fail to keep a single clean sheet in their last 14 games. The most recent blunder came on Thursday at the Emirates when they were held 1-1 by Slavia Prague in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-final. Arteta's men had seized the edge in the tie through Nicolas Pepe’s late strike only to allow the visitors to snatch a crucial set-piece away goal in the fourth minute of added time. All of which provided more evidence that Arsenal, who are not exactly banging in the goals either, are seriously struggling at both ends of...
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