Jake Arsenal

Before Mikel Arteta arrived: - Chelsea 6-0 Arsenal - Liverpool 5-1 Arsenal - Manchester United 8-2 Arsenal - Manchester City 6-3 Arsenal - Liverpool 4-0 Arsenal Now Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal are 18 games undefeated against the traditional top six teams in the Premier League. And some of you want him sacked? Don’t make me laugh.

For Arsenal fans, it has felt like the season in which everything has gone against them. They have had their challenges: star players returning exhausted from the European Championship, a tough run of away games to start the season, a choke-slam on Kai Havertz going unpunished in the opening game, summer signing Mikel Merino fracturing his shoulder in his first training session, Martin Odegaard missing two months after getting injured on international duty, Declan Rice being sent off for nudging the ball away and missing the north London derby, Leandro Trossard being sent off for kicking the ball away 0.84 seconds after the whistle, John Stones equalising for Manchester City at the Etihad in the 98th minute, William Saliba being sent off against Bournemouth on a VAR review and missing the Liverpool game, four separate injuries for Ricardo Calafiori in his first six months at the club, knee surgery for Ben White, Takehiro Tomiyasu being out at the same time forcing Thomas Partey to right-back, sporting director Edu resigning midway through the season, a late winner at Fulham being ruled out by the tightest of offside calls, Rice's broken toe, Bukayo Saka's serious hamstring injury, Ethan Nwaneri stepping in to replace Saka and then getting injured himself, a penalty awarded against them at Brighton & Hove Albion for a clash of heads, another challenging FA Cup draw, Gabriel Jesus tearing his anterior cruciate ligament shortly after seemingly finding form, a total of 27 injuries across the squad disrupting consistency of selection, one week of massive underperformance of XG (expected goals) leaving them facing the prospect of elimination from both domestic cups, and Myles Lewis-Skelly being controversially sent off against Wolverhampton Wanderers and earning a three-game ban for what appeared to be a yellow-card offence. Arsenal’s list of misfortunes is long enough to derail a season. And yet, they’re still alive and fighting… [@TheAthleticFC]

Keep sharing it Arsenal fans. We can’t let it happen again. I never want to see Michael Oliver referee another Arsenal game again.

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