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The difficult tests come thick and fast for Mikel Arteta during his early Arsenal tenure as the Gunners face Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium tonight.
After beginning his first managerial job with a hard-fought draw at Bournemouth on Boxing Day, the Spaniard was disappointed to see Arsenal blow a one-goal lead in a dramatic late defeat to Chelsea last time out.
That result left them 12th, 11 points adrift of the top four.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's United, meanwhile, still harbour hopes of Champions League qualification and stayed ahead of Tottenham and Wolves in fifth after rebounding from a dismal defeat by Watford with successive wins against Newcastle and Burnley over Christmas.
When these two sides last met in September, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's second-half goal cancelled out Scott McTominay's opener in a mostly turgid affair.
In Pictures | Arsenal vs Chelsea | 29/12/19
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