Run of
Chelsea, West Brom and Brighton ‘crucial’ for seasonManager says lack of team-bonding sessions harming moraleMikel Arteta has admitted to feeling the psychological strain of Arsenal’s dire predicament and accepts the next three matches will determine whether the club are dragged into a relegation battle.

Arsenal are 15th in the
Premier League, after taking five points from their past 10 games and, following the
boxing Day visit of Chelsea, they go to Brighton on Tuesday and West Brom next Saturday – teams currently two and seven points below them.