Ancelotti v Arteta: Analysing their impacts as both managers mark one-year anniversaries

REACHING OUT: Everton defender Mason Holgate, left, and Arsenal substitute Alexandre Lacazette battle for possession in Saturday’s Premier League match at Goodison Park. Picture: Clive Brunskill/PA

BOTH managers mark their anniversaries in charge of their respective clubs this Saturday but, after the dust had settled on yet another afternoon of industrial-scale under-achievement by Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal, their supporters might have been forgiven for glancing longingly towards the opposition dug-out.

Sunday was a year to the day since former Everton and Arsenal midfielder Arteta was given the not insignificant challenge of resurrecting a club in dramatic decline from the later years of Arsene Wenger’s time and Unai Emery’s inept reign.