Newcastle United defeated Arsenal 4-0 on aggregate in the semifinal of the English Carabao Cup on Wednesday.It marks another “almost” for Mikel Arteta’s men during his tenure. Despite reestablishing the club as a premier destination for world-class players,

While Newcastle United fans scrambled for trains, tickets and hotels around London for next month’s League Cup final through blissfully blurry vision, wide-eyed Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was leading his side on to an Emirates flight to Dubai for a much-needed warm weather winter training break.

Arsenal are at a crossroads. There is so much still to play for this season – in the Premier League and the Champions League, the two most important competitions – but they are reaching a defining summer under Mikel Arteta.

Mikel Arteta has called on his Arsenal squad to regroup during their warm-weather training break in Dubai and target a trophy-winning end to the season after losing their Carabao Cup semifinal to Newcastle United.

Mikel Arteta admits Arsenal were not good enough as Newcastle United knocked them out of the Carabao Cup last night. It was a chance for the Gunners to progress further in the competition and take a step closer to securing the first trophy of the season.