An extended international break has offered Mikel Arteta plenty of time to ruminate over Arsenal’s emphatic defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion on Sept. 19.
It had been a borderline procession at the start of the Gunners’ title defense, with those who projected Arteta’s men to waltz to a retention of their crown feeling rather smug after a gritty 2–0 victory at Sunderland maintained a 100% start to the Premier League season through four games.
