Spaniard back to the drawing board

Mikel Arteta will need to get his players to regroup for the busy fixture schedule over the Christmas period.

They have a tricky trip to Anfield to face league-leaders Liverpool coming up also.

The Spaniard will be hoping his team can bounce back from this defeat.

Gunners firing blanks in front of goal

Arsenal dominated so much of the game, they just lacked that clinical edge in front of goal.

During his career, Gabriel Jesus has never produced the sort of stats that suggest he is a natural goalscorer, even at Man City.

Eddie Nketiah scores goals in fits and starts.

To win silverware, as Erling Haaland showed last season, you need somebody to score you 20+ goals a season.

Whether Arsenal will address this in the transfer window, remains to be seen.

McGinn-y in a bottle for Unai

John McGinn showed how integral he is to this Aston Villa side.

He makes their midfield engine tick and even scored the goal that separated the sides today.

The Scottish midfielder is having a season to remember and covered so much of the pitch for his side for entirety of the game.

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