MIKEL AIMS TO TURN CORNER

WHEN Arsenal beat Everton on the final day of the 2023-24 Premier League season, it was their 28th victory of the campaign in which they scored their 91st goal.

- BY TOM CANTON

Mikel Arteta took to the pitch at the Emirates to address a crowd that had just seen an Arsenal side topple records set by the heroes of 2004 - and yet they had fallen two points short of the title.

Manchester City were the champions, another painful blow to those in North London.

Arteta found a way to extract more from that squad two seasons ago than Arsene Wenger (inset) managed from a team with players who would become legendary figures not just at Arsenal but in the sport.

But still, it was not enough to win the league.

Arteta has yet to show the footballing world he can win a title with the Gunners, but he has already shown what he can get from a group of players at the highest level.