Why it's now or never for Raheem Sterling at Arsenal as Mikel Arteta looks for injury solution - Chelsea loanee must step up after Kai Havertz blow or risk underwhelming Gunners spell ending with a wh

Pep Guardiola may well have provided the solution to Arsenal's striker crisis and if Mikel Arteta listened, he could yet have a major say in the Premier League title race

Raheem Sterling failed to impress as Arsenal beat Leicester 2-0 thanks to a late Mikel Merino brace, while teenage wonderkid Ethan Nwaneri starred for the Gunners

Arsenal are without a recognised striker for the rest of the season after Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz were both ruled out, but Mikel Arteta may already have his solution

Rio Ferdinand believes Arsenal would be ‘closer to Liverpool’ had if not been for an oversight from Mikel Arteta earlier in the season. Arsenal have work to do in the final few months of the season if they are to reel in runaway leaders Liverpool and clinch their first league title since 2004.

It therefore came as a surprise to the Spaniard when one of Mikel Arteta ’s backroom staff told him he really could be used as a makeshift frontman. Moments before Merino was thrown on for the final 20 minutes at the King Power Stadium,

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