No excuses for Mikel Arteta and Arsenal with new signings set for Liverpool trip

Three seasons of work from the head coach on the same host body have led in a straight line to Anfield where Arteta can shape his destiny.

New Arsenal player Eberechi Eze is introduced to the fans. Pic: John Walton/PA Wire.

After tea and cake and Declan Rices. After Ebe Eze and Viktor Gyökeres. Should I, after three straight second places, have the strength to force the moment to its crisis? Hmm. Maybe not.

With all due apologies to the living descendants of TS Eliot, the love song of Mikel Arteta still doesn’t really scan or rhyme or have a clear endnote as yet, even as the six-year anniversary of his appointment as Arsenal manager approaches.