Mikel Arteta fixed Arsenal’s biggest weakness to leave rivals with a major problem

Mikel Arteta is the manager who is an advocate of bigger squads. On matchdays, anyway, with the Spaniard rationalising that he does not like telling Arsenal’s 21st, 22nd and 23rd men that they will not be involved. But, given his emphasis on strength in depth, perhaps it was understandable that Arteta attributed Arsenal’s 1-0 triumph at Aston Villa to everyone. “It was a squad victory,” he said, when invited to praise Bukayo Saka, scorer of the only goal.Arsenal’s b