Following the Brentford game, Arsenal are now set to play a further seven fixtures across three competitions in December, with manager Arteta voicing his frustration at the lack of rest being afforded to his players.
He said: “It’s probably not one thing, but we can help the players and everybody in the league and everybody to do what we have to do, give it another day. Especially the teams that are playing so much in Europe.
“To everybody in general, I think we can do that because we're going to benefit from that. We've never had such a schedule on every level, not only in the Premier League, but every competition internationally as well. So we need to try to do that, please. I think it's common sense.
“I think at some point this becomes too much, you know, and the players are not machines. But we have to try to do that when we can.”