Mikel Arteta has been criticised for being too conservative in his approach to almighty matches against Liverpool and Manchester City in the early days of the fledgling Premier League season but that won’t be the case in the Carabao Cup trip to Burslem to face Port Vale.

Arsenal are second in the top-flight standings after five matches but lost 1-0 at Anfield and required a glorious pass and exquisite finish in injury-time to snatch a point off Manchester City at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.

The through ball was supplied by substitute Eberechi Eze and the sublime clip over the imposing Gianluigi Donnarumma was produced by Gabriel Martinelli who also left the bench after the half-time interval.

The Gunners manager has received flak for not being amitious enough against the Reds and Pe

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