Had Pep Guardiola's team not been putting together the bleakest run of form of the Catalan coach's managerial career, the spotlight would certainly have been on Arteta.

Mikel Arteta has challenged his Arsenal team to find the missing ingredient in the Champions League and end their year-long run without a win on the road. Arsenal go into Tuesday’s match against Portuguese champions Sporting CP in 12th place in the league phase,

However, he has been training and is available again, with Arteta confirming that he could feature in Lisbon this week. ‘We have Kieran Tierney after a long injury, it’s great