Craig Burley says Arsenal have chosen a strong direction by allowing Mikel Arteta to run things his way. LONDON -- When the great history of Mikel Arteta's time at Arsenal is written, there will be many more convincing performances than Sunday's 4-0 win over Newcastle. At least, Gooners around the world will hope so. The score line didn't reflect the overall flow of the game, as Arsenal racked up a couple of bonus goals at the end as Newcastle gave up on the concept of defending and waved their opponents through. But viewed another way, Sunday's thumping victory might be looked back on as the game when things started to click, that the work Arteta has been doing with this Arsenal squad has...
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