The winger made his 10th appearance of the season off the bench against West Ham but only four of those have been starts, which is something Arteta has vowed to try and rectify

Mikel Arteta has defended Raheem Sterling and taken responsibility for his lack of minutes after the Arsenal loanee was labelled the ‘flop of the season’. Sterling completed a shock loan move to Arsenal on transfer deadline day after being frozen out by new Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca.

Had Pep Guardiola's team not been putting together the bleakest run of form of the Catalan coach's managerial career, the spotlight would certainly have been on Arteta.