enal’s woeful performance when these teams last met, in a 1-0 home win for Sheffield United on 21 October, was one of the showings that set Unai Emery’s demise in train. They have perked up since Mikel Arteta’s arrival but, in order to exact revenge on Chris Wilder’s side, will have to find a means of achieving something they have found exceptionally difficult over the past two years: winning a game without Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The captain is suspended and Arsenal’s other striker, Alexandre Lacazette, is suffering on a barren run. United’s David McGoldrick knows that feeling but Arsenal’s defence should offer chances to finally find the goal his performances so richly...
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