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Evening Standard
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Dom Smith

The reasons why Arsenal should not abandon Mikel Merino experiment at Nottingham Forest

Mikel Arteta wanted his players to “suffer for 24-28 hours” after Saturday’s 1-0 defeat to West Ham. Having done that, attention must turn to beating Nottingham Forest on Wednesday to ensure there is still some semblance of a title race.

Liverpool, fuelled by victory over Manchester City, now lead the Gunners by 11 points and are showing no signs of taking their foot off the gas anytime soon.

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