Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta's fairytale start long forgotten about with confusion and unhappy stars
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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta's fairytale start long forgotten about with confusion and unhappy stars

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Only 55 weeks have passed since Mikel Arteta’s foremost afternoon as a manager, quietly stood at the back of Arsenal’s jubilant party as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang lifted the club’s record 14th FA Cup inside an empty Wembley. Mikel Arteta had an exciting start to life as Arsenal manager winning the FA Cup in 2020 Early optimism has faded though and his bright start as Gunners boss is long forgotten about The pair swept up everything that day, Pep Guardiola’s side failing to score and reduced to one big chance. Arsenal's season got off to a bad start as they fell to a humiliating 2-0 defeat away at Brentford Their start doesn't get any easier with games against Chelsea and Manchester City next up Finishing eighth last season — it was looking a good deal worse until they won their final five matches — and the limp Europa League exit against Villarreal constituted a worrying first full term in charge. City sources, who believed Arteta could one day succeed Guardiola, were genuine when liberally using the words ‘potentially disastrous’ for the champions in the days before he departed the Etihad Stadium in December 2019.

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