Three weeks from today marks the start of the new Premier League season and for the second year in a row, Arsenal are first up as they face Crystal Palace away from home in the Friday night curtain-raiser.
Having got off to the worst possible start last season by losing their opening three games without scoring a goal, whilst the Gunners did manage to recover to be involved in the top-four race, those dropped points right at the beginning ultimately proved costly and they can't afford a repeat of that situation.
To Mikel Arteta and Edu's credit, wrapping up deals for Marquinhos, Fabio Vieira, Matt Turner and Gabriel Jesus before the middle of July means Arsenal should be better prepared for the start of the 2022/23 campaign than they were 12 months ago and there's still time to bolster the squad before facing the Eagles.
