Villa fought back through goals from Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins to deal a potentially devastating blow to Arsenal’s title battle with Liverpool

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta finally announced the club's plan to bolster the striking force through a January transfer, due to a string of injuries that have befallen the attacking players. Gabriel Jesus suffered an ACL injury,

Mikel Arteta says Arsenal are “very short” in attack and need reinforcements after they dropped more points in the title race by drawing with Aston Villa. The Gunners had been two goals to the good against Villa, but conceded twice in the space of eight second-half minutes to draw.

Mikel Arteta was blown away by Arsenal’s performance against Aston Villa – but admitted that “something is missing” after they failed to hold onto a two-goal lead. Leandro Trossard set up

Losing to Aston Villa twice played a major role in Arsenal falling short in last season's Premier League title race, and manager Mikel Arteta does not want to take Unai Emery's side for granted despite a win at Villa Park in August.

Mikel Arteta admits Arsenal must be ‘prepared’ amid speculation the club have agreed a deal for Martin Zubimendi amid concerns two senior players will leave in the summer. With the contracts of Thomas Partey and Jorginho set to expire and depart on free transfers, Arsenal are already understood to be making succession plans.

Arsenal's Mikel Arteta hailed his side's 2-1 comeback win against north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday as proof his side remains firmly in the Premier League title race, although he rued their failure to kill the game off despite ample opportunity.

Arsenal's squandering of two Premier League points in Saturday's 2-2 draw with Aston Villa was compounded by concerns about an injury to defender William Saliba that ruled him out of the game.

Mikel Arteta insists Myles Lewis-Skelly will continue to play at left-back amid calls for the Arsenal youngster to return to his natural midfield position. Lewis-Skelly is enjoying a breakthrough season at the Emirates after making his debut in the 2-2 draw at Manchester City last September.

Aston Villa face Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday evening - as Unai Emery returns to the Emirates Stadium

William Saliba missed Arsenal's 2-2 draw with Aston Villa because of a hamstring injury and Mikel Arteta provided a concerning update on his star defender post-match