Mikel Arteta admitted Sunday’s game against Crystal Palace will be a special one for Eberechi Eze, before insisting the focus is on the team and getting a result.Photo by Clive Mason/Getty

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta provided a worrying update on star defender Gabriel's condition as the Gunners prepare for their upcoming Crystal Palace test in the Premier League. The Brazilian centre-back,

Arsenal is back in familiar territory at the top of the Premier League. But can Mikel Arteta finally get the job done? After only eight games, no one at the Emirates will be celebrating yet, although this season looks like Arsenal's best chance to win the title for the first time since 2004.

Arsenal face Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Sunday with the Gunners looking to further their title hopes, on a day where £60million Eberechi Eze comes up against his former club for the first

Already one of the longest-serving managers in Premier League history, the Spaniard has been reflecting on the dugout greats he faced along the way, both as a player and a manager, as he revealed to Sky Sports his top four Premier League managers in history.

As Mikel Arteta prepares his Arsenal side for the game, Oliver Glasner has issued a warning. The Austrian warned Pep Guardiola he would “solve” his tactical shape in the FA Cup final last season weeks before he actually did, and a similar warning has now been issued to Arteta.

Gyökeres’s sheer presence as a fixed central striker is a new quality for Arsenal, who spent large swathes of last season with the unorthodox Havertz and natural midfielder Mikel Merino upfront. Defenders routinely grapple with Gyökeres, which may take him out of action but also, as Arteta pointed out, creates space for his teammates to exploit.

Arsenal are flying high in both the Premier League and the Champions League, with Mikel Arteta's side looking set to challenge for both trophies this season