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Mikel Arteta is SUSPENDED for Arsenal's final Premier League clash at Southampton... after Gunners' 1-0 win over Newcastle confirms Champions League qualification

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta will serve a touchline ban on the final game of the Premier League season after being booked against Newcastle on Sunday.

Arteta was cautioned in the closing stages of the 1-0 victory at the Emirates, with the Gunners boss kicking the ball back onto the pitch.

The caution was Arteta's third of the Premier League season, a tally resulting in an automatic one-match ban.

Arteta will now have to sit in the stands on the final day as Arsenal face relegated Southampton at St Mary's.

The match, however, will not have major consequence for Arsenal having sealed a return to the Champions League next season by beating Newcastle.