Reaction from match-winner Mikel MerinoMikel Merino was the hero off the bench as he scored twice late on when playing as an emergency striker. Arsenal are now just four points behind leaders Liverpool,

Only time will tell, pun intended, if they are proved right not to push the boat out. And, although Arsenal now face the rest of the season with fingers, legs and anything else crossable hoping they do not suffer any more injuries to the likes of their only obvious striker Kai Havertz, Arteta is not sitting in his office crying.