Match report – Player ratings – Video Arsenal went out of the Carabao Cup, losing 2-0 to Sp*rs at the Emirates. This morning I'm relatively sanguine. Did I want us to beat them? Of course. Yet last night's display, team selection and substitutes were an illustration of how we don't have enough depth to marry our stated ambitions of getting back into the Champions League – whether that's through the Premier League or Europa League – while fighting on four fronts. Once again Granit Xhaka was picked at centre-half because I guess Emery felt he had no choice. He spoke afterwards about the Swiss international ‘helping the team' with Mustafi still injured and Koscielny not...
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