Mikel Arteta believes final weekend’s late win over Leicester Metropolis will act as a helpful reminder as to the problem of each Premier League sport.
The Gunners had been anticipated to steamroller the top-flight new-boys however needed to depend on a 94th-minute personal objective from Wilfred Ndidi and a 99th-minute strike from Kai Havertz to see them to a 4-2 win.
Arsenal beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 in midweek however return to league motion tomorrow after they host one other newly promoted membership, Southampton.
The Saints have taken only one level from their six video games this season and sit second from backside however Arteta says it gained’t be a simple sport.
He mentioned: “We all know the importance and issue of the match. Final week the robust schedule that now we have was confirmed and any opponent could cause you issues.
“Whenever you suppose the sport is beneath management, it may possibly get out of your arms instantly, so it was in all probability factor to occur the best way it ended up.
“We all know the standard of Southampton and in my view, they’re a group who’re extraordinarily nicely coached. They’ve a really clear philosophy, they usually’ve been very unfortunate to not have many extra factors as a result of there have been moments within the video games after they had been much better than the opponent and in some moments the outcomes obtained away from them. Will probably be very robust.”
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Ramsdale’s Return
Tomorrow’s sport will see Arsenal come up in opposition to former goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, who left the Emirates for the south coast on the finish of August.
Ramsdale spent the primary a part of final season vying for the primary spot with David Raya earlier than the Spaniard grew to become an everyday.
“I known as him right away once I obtained the information [of his transfer] and he was actually pleased,” added Arteta. “He’s a participant that we liked so much, very charismatic and he actually put his fingerprints right here on the membership with the best way that he was. It’ll be excellent to see him.
“He gained the respect and admiration of all of us. Then the circumstances modified as a result of that is elite sport and that may occur. It was tough to take care of that scenario in a pure means so we determined to half methods and hopefully he’s grateful as nicely.”
Arsenal will hope to have Jurrien Timber, who got here off at half-time in opposition to PSG, and Ben White, who has been absent for the previous there video games with a groin damage, accessible.
