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3.36pm BST
“Surely Arsenal made their changes v Villa because they have a squad of players and some might conceivably have needed a rest after a hard FA Cup semi final vs “the second best team in Europe” and 12 games in 30 days or whatever stupid amount of fixtures they have had?” posits Paul Roome. Oh, absolutely. Arteta picked the team he wanted/needed to pick on the day. Which is fine, but the result did skew the relegation battle in Villa’s favour, and that team selection means he can’t then blather on about respecting said battle without looking like a git, in my opinion.
3.33pm BST
Arsenal won’t be playing a back four today, Mikel Arteta confirms. That’s as much as he’ll admit to at the moment, though.
There’s keeping your cards close to your chest…
And then there’s this from @m8arteta #ARSWAT pic.twitter.com/Y66LeISnKY
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