Arsenal's success this season has been built upon their rock-solid defence and Mikel Arteta will be hoping the Sir Alex Ferguson's theory and an ex-Manchester United player can lead them to the title

Sir Alex Ferguson famously said: “Attack wins you games, defence wins you titles.” If that was true then Arsenal would have been champions in each of the last two seasons.

Mikel Arteta has built a fearsome defence which conceded the least number of goals - 29 and 34 - in 2023/24 and 2024/25, but finished second both times. The difference this time - or at least what Arteta is hoping - is Arsenal’s determination to take their defending to a whole new level and turn it into an art form.

Arsenal won titles under George Graham because of their famous back four. The same defenders were the ro

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