The Gunners manager got all the big calls right to get the better of his former mentor Pep Guardiola and a stuttering City
As Arsenal’s players celebrated on the pitch after the final whistle at the Emirates Stadium there was a striking addition to the familiar tableau of hand clasps and hugs, Mikel Arteta striding, then half-running through the departing sky blue shirts – and suddenly out there fully in the huddle, punching the air, working the crowd, Mister Sunday Night.
For a while he was followed around by the on-pitch TV camera as though this, here, in the grey slacks was the man of the match. By the end it came as a slight disappointment Arteta didn’t tear off his tight black polo shirt and hurl it into the crowd. Mikel. Can I have your knitwear please?
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