What happened Mikel Arteta began his reign as head coach with a battling Boxing Day draw at Bournemouth. The Spaniard has returned to the club to become our 20th full-time boss, and there were plenty of encouraging signs throughout the 90 minutes, even if we had to settle for only a point in the end. Indeed the opening signs had been very positive. Our players were moving the ball quickly and crisply, getting into dangerous positions in the opening half hour, but we were unable to work Aaron Ramsdale in the Bournemouth goal. Alexandre Lacazette in particular had a good couple of openings, but the ball wouldn't fall for him when released by Mesut Ozil, allowing the hosts to get back and...
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