EIGHT months ago Arsenal headed to Spurs knowing victory would mean Champions League qualification with two games to spare.
What followed was a collapse of barely believable proportions as Arteta’s men were hammered 3-0 by Antonio Conte’s side.
Another slip up at Newcastle four days later saw the Gunners miss out on Champions League football for the sixth year running.
The poor run of form would also make it six straight years of finishing behind Tottenham.
One of the men who led the calls for Arteta to resign was Piers Morgan, but the Sun columnist has now admitted to making a Grand Canyon-sized mistake.
That’s because since that infamous night at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Arteta has a better record across all competitions than any other Premier League manager.
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In the league, the Gunners have lost just twice since then.
One match was the defeat at Newcastle last season and the other was a 3-1 loss to Man Utd in September.
Their only other defeats were a 1-0 loss at home to Brighton in the EFL Cup and an ultimately insignificant 2-0 defeat by PSV in the Europa League group stage.
Arteta’s win rate also towers above all other Premier League managers.
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At 75 per cent, it is a full eight per cent above that of Pep Guardiola, whose Man City team are still odds-on favourites to win the title.
Guardiola also comes in behind Erik ten Hag, who has a 71 per cent win rate since taking over at Man Utd in the summer.
Meanwhile Conte, who bested Arteta last season, is languishing on 59 per cent, with Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool having a win rate of just 52 per cent.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
