Training shorts as worn when the Gunners began the season disastrously, losing their first three games to drop to the bottom of the table. However, manager Mikel Arteta would turn the club's fortunes around by relying on the talented youth options available to him, favouring exciting attackers like Saka, Martinelli and Smith Rowe ahead of established veterans Aubameyang, Pepe and Lacazette. With the fanbase in raptures over the resurgence of the Arsenal style of play of yesteryear, the new-wave Gunners would go on to blitz the Premier League, rapidly climbing the table and forcing themselves into contention for a top-4 finish