ANGRY Mikel Arteta stormed off BEFORE the end of Arsenal's 1-0 loss to Aston Villa – then raged at "clear and obvious" decisions that went against his team.
John McGinn's early hammer strike stopped the Gunners returning top of the Premier League as the banned Gunners boss was forced to watch from the box.
Meanwhile, Arsenal have been given a boost in their pursuit of Real Sociedad's Martin Zubimendi, according to reports.
And we have the very latest news surrounding Arsenal-linked Ivan Toney and Joao Palhinha.
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- By Ciaran Wiseman
Arsenal wonderkid scores five
Arsenal wonderkid Ethan Nwaneri scored five goals for the Gunners' under-18s in the FA Youth Cup on Saturday.
The 16-year-old was in fine form as his side smashed Crewe Alexandra 7-1.
Last season's beaten finalists are now into the fourth round, where they will face either Fleetwood or Liverpool in January.
Nwaneri is the youngest player in Premier League history after making his debut last season aged 15 years, five months and 28 days.
- By Connor Greaves
Emery on shaking hands with Arsenal coaching staff
When if he shook hands with the Arsenal coaching staff, Emery said: “No because Arteta wasn't in the bench, I gave my hand to the workers inside because they were there when I was there, but only with the people I coached with and who worked with me.
"There was nothing personal because it wasn’t Arteta. I respect a lot Arsenal and Arteta. I respect a lot the workers there. I have nothing negative against them."
Credit: GETTY - By Connor Greaves
Dennis Bergkamp reveals plan to buy League One club in shock takeover
Dennis Bergkamp has admitted that he dreams of taking over a football club.
The Arsenal legend is keen on returning to English football behind the scenes at a club.
Bergkamp, 54, was part of a consortium that tried to purchase Wycombe Wanderers.
However, a deal fell through at the 11th hour as the club was sold to a different bidder.
Bergkamp's consortium included other former football stars such as Phillip Cocu, Ronald Koeman, Dirk Kuyt and Henrik Larsson.
The acquisition of a club is still a "dream" for Bergkamp and he is aiming for one in League One.
He told Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf: "Wycombe Wanderers was a nice project – and we were very far along with it. It only fell through at the end.
"Together with Phillip Cocu, Ronald Koeman, Dirk Kuyt, Henrik Larsson and (agent) Rob Jansen we were going to buy the shares.
"It is still a dream of mine to develop players, run an academy, and use all our knowledge and experience to get promoted.
"Not with a foreign billionaire who puts in a lot of money just to go up quickly.
"If you have a group of former top footballers together then you just start lower.
"I am convinced that with a club in League One, with real football knowledge, you can get promoted to the Championship within five years, 10 years at most."
- By Connor Greaves
Guehi boost
Arsenal have recieved a boost in their persuit of Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi.
Palace are putting Valencia centre-back Cristhian Mosquera on their list to replace their skipper, SunSport can exclusively reveal.
Mosquera, 19, is already a regular in LaLiga and catching the eye despite his club’s indifferent season.
The strong defender, who is also good on the ball, was checked out by Palace last week as they prepare for Guehi to move on for a huge fee.
The nine-cap Englishman, 23, is likely to leave the Eagles next summer, with Manchester United and Arsenal keen.
But if a major bid comes in during next month’s transfer window they could have to scramble to find someone new as a replacement.
- By Connor Greaves
Arteta on wasted chances
Arteta said post-match: “It wasn’t enough to win because we lacked the accuracy in the opponents' box to put the ball in the back of the box with the amount of situations that we generated.
“We had so many big opportunities that we couldn’t finish when they were completely open to shoot.
"We had two or three open goals almost that we couldn’t manage to score. There’s not much more that we could have demanded from the players than what we got today.
"We’re very disappointed because we didn’t get the result that we wanted."
- By Jon Boon
January transfer window plans
Mikel Arteta has hinted Arsenal will look to make signings when the January transfer window opens.
"Let’s see. We are going to have to adapt," Arteta said.
"We have what we have right now. The January transfer window is coming up and we will have to assess where the squad is and the needs that we have.
"But at the moment it is not something that we can change. We have to play all the games now throughout December in the best possible way and keep winning games."
- By Jon Boon
Arteta blames wind
Mikel Arteta has blamed the windy conditions for Arsenal's defeat to Aston Villa.
"I think it was a bit windy today," he said after the game.
"You see a lot of misplaced balls or not having the right touch or not having the right accuracy in certain passes.
"I don’t know. But for sure I have a responsibility [to improve their finishing], I have to take it, yeah.’
- By Jon Boon
Raya being targeted
Clinton Morrison has told Sky Sports Productions he believes David Raya is being targeted by opposition teams.
"(Declan) Rice is the key, but I tell you, you need to sort out the goalkeeping situation. You got away with one there in the week with David Raya making those two mistakes. I’m thinking now that when you play against Arsenal, get the ball in the box and get a centre-forward on him and see if he wants to come and collect it."
- By Jon Boon
Rice underrated
Ian Wright believes Declan Rice is underrated.
Declan Rice! I just feel that Declan Rice is the driving force of everything that we’re doing. Honestly.
"I mentioned [Moises] Caicedo and Enzo [Fernandez], the amount of (expletive) we were getting [about the Rice fee]. They [Chelsea] spent £100million for Caicedo and £100million for Enzo and that was fine, but the way they came for him [Rice], when you look at that man how he has played.
"Not only just for us, but his time before he left West Ham, the years he played, we’re talking eight or nine out of 10. He has come here to Arsenal, and it’s exactly the same.
"He just drives us forward, he just keeps us going. The way he’s just marshalling everything, there is no way none of our Arsenal fans expected him to be this good.
"He’s just another level, especially when you look at what they’ve paid for those two guys. He’s not getting enough love."
- By Jon Boon
'We didn't deserve to lose'
Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard believes the Gunners didn't deserve to lose to Aston Villa.
“In front of the goal we had enough chances to win the game. I felt they didn’t create anything apart from the goal. It happens sometimes," he told the BBC.
“I had a few chances myself but the only thing you can do is keep going and bounce back in the next game. That’s what we will do.”
“We gave them an easy goal but after that we controlled it and should have scored. We didn’t deserve to lose, but that’s football.”
- By Jon Boon
Redknapp says Gunners were unlucky
Jamie Redknapp believed Arsenal were unlucky to see Kai Havertz have his goal ruled out for handball, pointing the finger at the current rule book.
When asked why it was ruled out, he told Sky Sports: ""You ask why, unfortunately it’s the rule.
"It’s a terrible rule, that if the ball touches the players hand and it results in a goal, it’s disallowed. He sees something but I don't think he thinks it was there. How can that be handball? It’s just rebounding around, it maybe hits Matty Cash.
"Ball to hand. We're getting ourselves in such a mess with all these rules. We are trying to help football, the powers that be have to look at that. It’s a bad rule, it grazed his arm.
"Whoever has decided to come up with that as the law, it's ridiculous. It cost Arsenal a goal."
- By Jon Boon
Guehi boost
Crystal Palace are putting Valencia centre-back Cristhian Mosquera on their list to replace Marc Guehi.
Mosquera, 19, is already a regular in LaLiga and catching the eye despite his club’s indifferent season.
The strong defender, who is also good on the ball, was checked out by Palace last week as they prepare for Guehi to move on for a huge fee.
The nine-cap Englishman, 23, is likely to leave the Eagles next summer, with Manchester United and Arsenal keen.
But if a major bid comes in during next month’s transfer window they could have to scramble to find someone new as a replacement.
United are tipped to move for both the centre-back and Brentford striker Ivan Toney in January.
- By Jon Boon
Angry Arteta
Angry Mikel Arteta was tipped to "rip" his Arsenal players – after he walked off BEFORE the end of Aston Villa's 1-0 win.
John McGinn's early hammer strike stopped the Gunners returning top of the Prem as third-placed Villa went five points above Manchester City.
And Arteta's reaction left Arsenal supporters fearing for their players – although he later revealed it was yet more controversy over refereeing decisions that he had a "big opinion" on.
- By Jon Boon
Arteta unhappy
Mikel Arteta may be unhappy with the referee's decisions today, but he can't show it.
The Gunners were denied a goal by VAR, after a penalty call was also not given.
After the game, Arteta was asked what he felt about both decisions.
Regarding the goal, he said: "I prefer not to comment”.
For the potential penalty on the kick on Jesus, "That's even clearer."
- By Jon Boon
Bergkamp's dream
Dennis Bergkamp has revealed his dream is to buy a League One club, after nearly coming close to a takeover at Wycombe.
"Wycombe Wanderers was a nice project – and we were very far along with it. It only fell through at the end,' he said.
"Together with Phillip Cocu, Ronald Koeman, Dirk Kuyt, Henrik Larsson and (agent) Rob Jansen we were going to buy the shares.
"It is still a dream of mine to develop players, run an academy, and use all our knowledge and experience to get promoted.
"Not with a foreign billionaire who puts in a lot of money just to go up quickly. If you have a group of former top footballers together then you just start lower.
"I am convinced that with a club in League One, with real football knowledge, you can get promoted to the Championship within five years, 10 years at most."
- By Jon Boon
F/T
Arsenal have been beaten at Villa Park.
They toiled and had chances, but couldn't get the equaliser.
Plenty of reaction to come.
VAR ruled out a late equaliser from Havertz, that was called for handball.
- By Jon Boon
Willian blow
Chelsea look set to beat Arsenal to the signing of teenage wonderkid Estevao Willian.
The Blues are in talks with the Palmeiras for a deal that could be worth £40m.
The 16-year-old is also a target for Barcelona.
- By Jon Boon
H/T
It's half-time at Villa Park.
The hosts lead the Gunners 1-0, butthe visitors have had their chances.
All to play for in the second half.
You can follow the action here.
- By Jon Boon
Yildiz targeted
Arsenal target Kenan Yildiz is frustrated with his game time at Juventus, according to reports.
Teamtalk claim the forward could become available in the January transfer window.
He has made just five Serie A appearances for the club.
The Turkish international could cost around £35million.
- By Ciaran Wiseman
Arsenal take on Villa
The action is underway at Villa Park as Arsenal aim to return to the top of the Premier League.
Aston Villa are chasing a 15th consecutive home league victory on Saturday evening.
You can follow the action here.
- By Ciaran Wiseman
Arsenal team news
Mikel Arteta has made one change to his Arsenal side for their trip to Aston Villa.
Oleksandr Zinchenko has returned to the starting line-up in place of Jakub Kiwior.
Starting XI: Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Rice, Havertz, Odegaard; Saka, Martinelli; Jesus
Subs: Ramsdale, Cedric, Kiwior, Walters, Jorginho, Elneny, Nelson, Trossard, Nketiah
- By Ciaran Wiseman
Arsenal target 'frustrated'
Kenan Yildiz is "frustrated" with his lack of opportunities at Juventus amid interest from Arsenal.
The Gunners have been linked with a January move for the 18-year-old in recent days.
Yildiz, who can play in a range of attacking positions, is considering leaving the Old Lady when the transfer window re-opens, report Sky in Germany.
Despite making his Turkey debut in October, Yildiz has been limited to five substitute appearances for Juventus this season.
- By Ciaran Wiseman
Gunners transfer boost
Arsenal have been given a boost in their pursuit of Real Sociedad's Martin Zubimendi.
The Gunners had been set to battle Barcelona for the midfielder's signature in January.
However, Mundo Deportivo now report Barca have pulled out of the race to pursue other targets instead.
Zubimendi, who has four caps for Spain, has scored twice from midfield for Sociedad this season.
Credit: Alamy - By Ciaran Wiseman
Arsenal suffer transfer blow
Arsenal have suffered a blow in their hopes of signing Ruben Neves in January.
Both the Gunners and Newcastle have been linked with a move for the midfielder, who joined Al-Hilal in the summer.
He has now revealed he is happy in Saudi Arabia and admitted he joined the club for "the money".
"Of course, one of the things is the money, of course, you cannot hide that," he told the BBC.
"But when we see the project, and I know that a lot of people think we say this just to say it, but it's not true.
"When they present us the project, it's a very, very big project. I think people have no idea how the country is improving, how the football is improving and how the football can be in a few years."
- By Ciaran Wiseman
Arteta admires Emery
Mikel Arteta was full of praise for Unai Emery before Arsenal's trip to Aston Villa on Saturday evening.
The Gunners boss succeeded his fellow Spaniard at the Emirates Stadium in 2019.
Discussing Emery's success at Villa, Arteta said: "It's no surprise.
"I have followed him since he was coach of Almeria and what he has done at every team is remarkable."
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