Arsenal 0-0 Middlesbrough: Premier League – as it happened Read moreBut Arsenal simply could not get it together and it was Middlesbrough who distinguished themselves. Karanka’s team had first carved Arsenal open in the 19th minute, following Negredo’s flick from Daniel Ayala’s high ball forward. Alexis Sánchez worked Victor Valdes with a free-kick on 23 minutes but there were precious few moments of alarm for Middlesbrough. Arsenal hogged the ball and they pushed; Middlesbrough wanted to play on the counterattack, and they did. There was jitteriness in the Arsenal team, at times, and when Shkodran Mustafi played a pass out of defence straight to Ramírez, it seemed to reflect it.

Source: The Guardian October 22, 2016 16:28 UTC