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Josh Kroenke takes key step after Arsenal defeat to Man City in Premier League title blow

Arsenal suffered a 3-1 defeat at home to Manchester City on Wednesday to lose their place at the top of the Premier League table.

The defeat means the Gunners have now gone four games without victory, losing three. Their most recent victory came in the dramatic win over Manchester United last month, but have failed to beat Manchester City, Everton and Brentford.

Goals from Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland made it an enjoyable trip to the capital for Pep Guardiola's men - who now return to the top of the Premier League for the first time since the second week of the season.

Read more: What Martin Odegaard and Erling Haaland did in tunnel at half-time of Arsenal vs Man City

After the game, supporters were dejected at the Emirates Stadium stands as they applauded the players. There was also a look of disappointment from Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard after the north Londoners failed to go six points clear.

And as Arteta faced the media, Josh Kroenke - the son of Gunners owner Stan - visited the home dressing room at the Emirates. That's according to the Evening Standard's Simon Collings, who revealed that the American was in attendance to witness the highly-anticipated clash and went into the changing room after the game.

Josh had not been spotted at a fixture since watching the 3-1 victory over West Ham United on Boxing Day. Both Stan and Josh were in attendance, with the game believed to be the first Stan had attended since the pre-season win over Orlando in July.

It's unclear what the meaning behind Josh's visit to the changing room was, but Arteta has previously insisted the relationship between him and the owner is "getting stronger and stronger". Speaking in December, he said: "We are always connected. I think that relationship is getting stronger and stronger. They’ve been over a few times and we’ve been there a few times.

"It’s a very special relationship right now to understand the way they think about sports, what they’ve done in other sports and with other franchises. The ambition is there and the alignment is certainly there as well. It’s certainly positive to spend some time together.

"It was the time that we had some spare time as well. It was very useful for everybody to do it in that period."

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