The Arsenal manager was a voracious learner during three years on Manchester City's coaching staff – he is now reaping the rewards
It is approaching midnight on December 18, 2019, and are halfway through the flight home after successfully navigating a Carabao Cup quarter-final against Oxford United. The flat atmosphere aboard suggests otherwise. It is like they had lost. Yes, the reigning English league champions and that competition’s cup holders had made tougher work of the tie than expected, the side had equalised a minute after half-time, but they had come through as comfortable 3-1 winners in the end.
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