How has Mikel Arteta instigated Arsenal’s recovery to cusp of top-four finish?

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is closing in on taking the club back into the Champions League (Frank Augstein/AP)

Arsenal are on the cusp of ending a five-year wait for Champions League football as their victory over Leeds solidified their place in the Premier League top four.

The Gunners will return to Europe’s elite competition if they win at Tottenham on Thursday night as Mikel Arteta continues to turn around a season that began in the worst possible way.