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Matt Verri

Mikel Arteta faces biggest Arsenal test after costly Carabao Cup final errors

Wembley no-show: Arsenal were unable to rise to the occasion in the Carabao Cup final - (Action Images via Reuters)

Kepa Arrizabalaga stood with the ball at his feet for 36 seconds as 10 Arsenal statues stared back at him.

It was an extraordinary sight at the very start of the second half and yet an apt one, summing up a lifeless Arsenal performance that had no answers to the questions Manchester City posed in the Carabao Cup final.

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