We're back in action tonight after what seems like an eternity, when Arsenal take on Crystal Palace and also Mikel Arteta takes on Patrick Vieira (or vice versa). Even if you wanted to, you couldn't ignore that aspect of tonight's encounter, not least because it was brought up time and time again in the pre-game press conference. It's easy to understand why, to be fair. Two former Arsenal captains, in charge of Premier League clubs. The more successful of them returning as boss of Palace, while Arteta is still scrambling in some ways after the opening three games of the season caused a bit of a meltdown. To add to that dynamic, it was barely a few months ago when Vieira – along with...
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