Mikel Arteta has blamed Arsenal's limited squad depth for their struggles keeping up with Liverpool at the top of the Premier League table. Saturday's 2-2 draw with Aston Villa saw Arsenal drop six points behind the leaders,

Arsenal managed Mikel Arteta refused to criticise VAR but slammed the defending for Ollie Watkins' equaliser in Saturday's 2-2 draw against Aston Villa.

I like to think of myself as an optimistic person, and I sit, writing this piece, in the wake of Arsenal’s draw to Aston Villa with an inescapable sense that it simply is not the Gunners' year. Some might ask why it has taken me so long to get to this point after everything that has happened,