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MICAH RICHARDS: Nobody is laughing at Arsenal now! Mikel Arteta is proving to be a brilliant no-nonsense boss... but Gareth Southgate's England system doesn't suit anyone

Sportsmailcolumnist Micah Richards has had his say on Arsenal and boss Mikel Arteta in his latest column

I have a picture in my mind about Arsenal. It comes from February 2003 and a game they played against Manchester City at Maine Road.

Though I grew up in Leeds, Arsenal were my team as a kid so I was never going to miss any chance to see them live. This particular Saturday, 17 years ago, I had been playing for City’s academy in the morning and then headed over to the old stadium.

The reason the memory is so vivid is because of the football I saw that day.