An interesting sub-plot to Arsenal's 1-0 loss at Nottingham Forest, thus crowing Manchester City as Premier League champions, was Mikel Arteta's decision to experiment with Thomas Partey.
The Ghana international had been reduced to a substitute role in each of the Gunners' three previous games against Chelsea, Newcastle United and Brighton & Hove Albion but earned a recall to the starting line-up at the City Ground on Saturday afternoon.
Although, his inclusion did bring about a degree of confusion when the team news was announced an hour before kick-off as it wasn't clear if Arsenal had switched to a back three or if Granit Xhaka was operating at left-back in the absence of the injured Oleksandr Zinchenko.
