Mikel Arteta is hopeful that Arsenal’s easier run of fixtures and shortening injury list can reignite their title hopes over the hectic Christmas period. Arsenal currently find themselves nine points behind early Premier League leaders Liverpool and were winless in their last four league games prior to the international break.

WHEN the odds were stacked against them, Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United usually found a way. Only two teams in Prem history have come back from eight points off the top after 11 games and

Mikel Arteta wants his players to 'show their teeth' as Arsenal throw themselves into an unforgiving festive fixture schedule