Keeper puzzle

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has hinted that he could swap goalkeepers mid-game in future.

During his post-match press conference, Arteta said: “No one is guaranteed a spot. I’m not guaranteed a spot. We’re here to perform at the highest level and to contribute our best capacity to win games.

“It’s no different for anyone. If we set ourselves those standards, no matter what happens externally it is not going to be bigger than that. That’s the aim we have.

“I haven’t had a single question on why Gabriel Jesus hasn’t started. He (Jesus) has won more trophies than anybody else, including me, in that dressing room.

“But I cannot have two players in this position and don’t play them. David has tremendous qualities, like Aaron has, like Karl (Hein) has, but we have to use them. It is like this.

“I am a really young manager. I only have been three and a half years in the job and I have few regrets.

“One of them was that on two occasions I felt after 60 minutes and after 85 minutes, in two games in this period, to change the keeper at that moment and I didn’t do it. I didn’t have the courage to do it and I was so unhappy.

“Tell me why not do it. Why not. We have all the qualities in another goalkeeper to do something, something is happening and you want to change momentum.

“Do it. It is a regret that I had. And now my feeling is to get everyone engaged and in the team, they have to play regardless of the competition. That is my message.”