Just days before he was appointed Arsenal head coach, Mikel Arteta sat in the visiting dugout at Emirates Stadium as part of Manchester City’s backroom staff. The Spaniard left feeling down and with a sense Arsenal had lost their way, such was the mood at the club.

The Gunners will welcome their arch-rivals Tottenham to the Emirates off the back of two consecutive home defeats

Mikel Arteta has described Arsenal's FA Cup third-round defeat to Manchester United as a "one in a thousand" occurrence after losing in a dramatic penalty shoot-out at Emirates Stadium.