“Unbelievable feeling,” said Mikel Arteta. “That is what football is about.” For Newcastle, beaten in the 100th minute by Liverpool and the 96th by Arsenal when deserving to lose neither game, it was a horrible action replay. For Arteta, it was the sort of sequel he can savour.

There was an amusing moment at the end of Michael Arteta's pre-match press conference on Tuesday when a reporter asked if the 15-year-old Max Dowman had been included in the Arsenal squad for the Carabao Cup clash with Port Vale the following evening.

But, after prolonged VAR intervention by Darren England, Gillett reviewed the incident and reversed his own call, prompting outrage on the Arsenal bench and fury among supporters. Speaking afterwards to Sky Sports,

Arsenal's clash with Newcastle United turned ugly on Sunday as Mikel Arteta was forced to restrain one of his coaching staff who clashed with Joelinton at full-time. The Gunners came back from behind to beat the Magpies 2-1 as Eddie Howe's side continue to struggle at the bottom half of the league table after registering just one win in six appearances in the Premier League this season.

The Arsenal manager and his Manchester City counterpart appear to be finding new ways to create dull games. Where is the ambition?

Mikel Merino is impressed with the amount of passion one of Mikel Arteta’s summer signings is showing at Arsenal, despite only being at the club for a short amount of time. Arsenal left it late against Newcastle United, but eventually ran out 2-1 winners at St James’ Park on Sunday evening.

Mikel Arteta. Newcastle. St James’ Park heartbreak. It’s a ground where the Arsenal boss has suffered countless moments of footballing misery at – both as a player and as a

Mikel Arteta has told his Arsenal players to embrace the “beautiful” atmosphere at St. James’ Park, revealing he watched Newcastle ’s game against Barcelona with “the volume up”. Arsenal are travelling to Newcastle on Sunday and they are looking to improve their recent miserable record there.