Mikel Arteta expressed his admiration for Liverpool 's transfer business on the eve of this game, but Saturday's 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest was an early positive advert for Arsenal 's summer recruitment strategy.

While Liverpool smashed the British transfer record twice in one summer by acquiring Florian Wirtz and then Alexander Isak , the Gunners signed eight players for a combined fee of more than £260 million in an effort to avoid last season's mistakes.

And for a while, this felt a lot like last season. Arsenal were primarily a threat from corners, they suffered another injury as Martin Ødegaard trudged off after just 18 minutes and the return of Ange Postecoglou managing a team wearing white gave this a distinctly familiar feel.

That was until the new boys made th

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