Mikel Arteta has a number of great big decisions to create once store side Southampton on Saturday afternoon. After back-to-back losses against gemstone Palace and Brighton, it's clear the Spaniard wants to recoat clothes up.

But with sports event against Chelsea and Manchester United on the horizon, in addendum to life form without at slightest three register first-team players for the holiday to St Mary's, there's an spat that the Gunners boss will boast his hands rather fixed behind his put money on with regards to baptism a early line-up.

One of the further urgent concerns is at left-back. Kieran Tierney is out for the term with a knee injury, but it was Granit Xhaka who enclosed for him against Brighton and it's harmless to roughly that surety backfired as without Thomas Partey, Arsenal's weakness in midfield was laid bare.

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