Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta admits it is becoming difficult to resist the temptation to throw teenage hot-shot Ethan Nwaneri into the title race. The 17-year-old became Arsenal’s second-youngest Premier League goal-scorer when he climbed off the bench to hit the third in the 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest.

I was wearing a white jumper, and only remember that because I never wear white on a match day out of superstition. But that day, something about it felt right. A new year, a renewal, a new beginning.