Now we have to look forward – first of all, I think this is going to be a painful one – and when we’re in Dubai, recharge and go again because we still have a lot to play

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.

Famous Arsenal fan Piers Morgan has made his feelings clear on Mikel Arteta and one decision the Gunners boss has made in the wake of being dumped out of the Carabao Cup by Newcastle United.