Three Things We Learned after Arsenal dropped another two points 

Here's Ian Mills with his latest Three Things We Learned following Arsenal's goalless draw with Everton at the Emirates 

A sub par display by the Gunners against a struggling Everton side meant more dropped points .

Here are three things that stood out for me, writes Ian Mills

A rare Liverpool slip up goes unpunished –

Fulham gave the league leaders an almighty scare and yet on a day where we could have narrowed the gap to four points we gave a very underwhelming performance that merited no more than a share of the spoils despite Arteta’s protestations afterwards.

We have so many players that are performing well below their best and of course a raft of injuries has not helped.  This then is where you need the full use of your squad to help overcome fatigue, injuries and loss of form throughout the busy festive period.

Right now, it feels as if Arteta does not know his best side or how to get the best out of it.  Chelsea’s resurgence (whilst acknowledging their astronomical spending) is also adding to the pressure on our Spanish manager.

Attacking additions are a must in January –

To my mind, if we sit on our hands and make no moves in January, we will face an uphill battle to finish in the top four, let alone compete for the Title.

We have previous when it comes to not making the forward signing when you felt one could have pushed on – Anelka in January 2008 and Suarez in the summer of 2013 being the most obvious ones. 

As I wrote recently in this column, January is far from the ideal time to make new signings however we brought in Trossard and Jorginho a couple of years ago and they have not worked out too badly.

Raheem Sterling, use him or let him go –

I was very surprised when we took the Chelsea man on loan in the dying embers of the summer transfer window.

However, anyone who questioned the move back then will be further perplexed by now as even when we seem in desperate need of our goal the multi–Premier League title winner remains unused.

It is clear he does not have the manager’s trust and is hard to see how this situation changes in the foreseeable future.