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[Matt Verri @MattVerri]

How Ben White ensured MCL injury was not the final chapter of his Arsenal career:

❌ Painful World Cup blow
🇵🇹 Portugal rehab - “He’s a freak”
🔴 Why summer exit was not considered
💪🏼 Expected return from current injury

https://t.co/Tz8h2r3Gjr

[Matt Verri @MattVerri]

✨ Five standout Arsenal players this season
🤔 Who has struggled so far
💰 How the summer signings have fared
❓ What Arteta has got right and wrong

https://t.co/qjlqQOOjWx

[Matt Verri @MattVerri]

Arsenal’s defence has often bailed out the forwards - the reverse is very rarely true.

That should more of a concern for Mikel Arteta than one bad defensive display.

https://t.co/U3BvTRmkVJ

[Matt Verri @MattVerri]

That was as bad as Arsenal have looked defensively in a long, long time.

So many mistakes and none of the usual authority. Felt strange there were no half-time changes, too.

https://t.co/YRNa70NSXr

[Matt Verri @MattVerri]

Viktor Gyokeres is not looking like a player Arsenal can trust to start up front against any opposition at the moment.

No goals and not enough intent to make an impact either.

He desperately needs the international break to spark a change.

https://t.co/KFlryhQ2zD

[Matt Verri @MattVerri]

For all the positives last night, Arsenal’s rotated cast were quiet.

Merino, Eze and Hincapie have looked better as ‘finishers’ and Gyokeres didn’t push his case.

Arteta not given too many selection headaches ahead of Sunderland trip.

https://t.co/dfEHFhNBmk

[Matt Verri @MattVerri]

Turning up the dressing room temperature, removing massage beds, delaying when his players eat…

Mikel Arteta was on a sabotage mission during pre-season to prepare Arsenal for all eventualities.

https://t.co/vOyWJT9Gy4

[Matt Verri @MattVerri]

Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard missed a combined 71 matches last season.

Arsenal finally have them fit together and unsurprisingly the attack has gone to another level.

How they are managed as the fixture list now intensifies will be key.

https://t.co/Xw9Rv64G7H

[Matt Verri @MattVerri]

Analysis from the Emirates as Arsenal display strength at both ends:

🔴 Gunners show their mettle after early setback
⚪️ Captain Odegaard leads from the front
🔴 No debate over who should be starting up front

https://t.co/fL8xymLvpC

[Matt Verri @MattVerri]

Arsenal players ratings after a really impressive win.

Raya with another huge save, Tzolis miles better, but thought Odegaard was the pick of the bunch.

https://t.co/85pFjMHvkD

[Matt Verri @MattVerri]

In the absence of a marquee attacking signing, Arsenal need their starboy to be a talisman this season.

Signs have been promising from Bukayo Saka so far. Now to maintain it and lead the charge against Chelsea.

https://t.co/afRNPQyl4H

[Matt Verri @MattVerri]

A punt from Brazilian football became one of Arsenal’s best bits of business of the past decade.

Big goals. Big effort. Big sale.

Gabriel Martinelli deserves a lot of goodwill as he leaves the club.

https://t.co/EjKvLy4j8C

[Matt Verri @MattVerri]

Arsenal's signings look like great additions but the squad's weakest area has got weaker.

To end the window with the attack not strengthened felt unfathomable when Arteta spoke strongly in May.

The good, the bad, and a grade for Arsenal's summer ⬇️

https://t.co/HPAlXyJhGj

[Matt Verri @MattVerri]

James Scanlon has completed his medical ahead of finalising a move to Arsenal.

He will sign on a free transfer from Man United, with a 40% sell-on clause included in the deal.

https://t.co/YgA3zpcBxG

[Matt Verri @MattVerri]

Arsenal still have work to do in the final eight days of the window:

🤔 Waiting game for dream Alvarez move
✈️ Martinelli more open to leaving
⭐️ Nwaneri loan options considered
💰 Push to sell trio not in Arteta's plans continues

https://t.co/mKPcqU067K

[Matt Verri @MattVerri]

Perfect start to the season for Arsenal.

Christos Tzolis electric, Declan Rice looked so powerful, and Ben White and Bukayo Saka were both brilliant on the right.

Loads of positives. Ratings 👇

https://t.co/TjATeJJhqi

[Matt Verri @MattVerri]

How do Arsenal elevate their attack to the next level?

Having their best players fit helps. As does Christos Tzolis settling in like this.

Arsenal look primed for more success.

https://t.co/jWckCXZgz9

[Matt Verri @MattVerri]

Here we go again. Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka in to start, of course.

[Matt Verri @MattVerri]

Mikel Arteta confirms Myles Lewis-Skelly will “100%” be at Arsenal beyond the end of the transfer window.

[Matt Verri @MattVerri]

Arsenal increasingly confident of completing a deal for Ezri Konsa.

No final agreement yet but progress made in valuation discussions and talks are advancing.

Signs point to Arsenal getting the right-sided defender they badly need.

https://t.co/cjuEyCaEhG