Three Things We Learned after Arsenal beat Ipswich to go second 

As Arsenal move to second spot in the Premier League here's Ian Mills with Three Things We Learned after beating Ipswich 

Despite dominating possession, we only had Kai Havertz’s solitary goal to show for our efforts as moved into second place. Here are Three Things that stood out for me, writes Ian Mills 

A win is a win –

It is not a game that will live in the memory however after seeing both Chelsea and Manchester City drop more points, it was crucial that we claimed a vital win.

The statistics show that we had 88% of possession yet failed to do much with it except for Kai Havertz turning home Leandro Trossard’s cross. Jesus did have the ball in the net soon after however his effort was correctly ruled out for offside.

Gabriel put a header wide you would expect him to score from and a Martin Odegaard effort drew a good save from Muric however we were holding on rather than hanging on to see this one over the line, due in large part to our strong defensive unit.

Saka’ surgery highlights the need for attacking reinforcements –

With the news that Bukayo’s hamstring injury is so severe he has had to undergo surgery means that we are going to be without for him from anything from two to four months depending on how full you see your glass.

Our lack of attacking options on the bench were stark with only Ethan Nwaneri available. The news on Sterling’s possible return is positive apparently however having moved into second place with Liverpool’s lead cut to six points (their game in hand notwithstanding), it is imperative we do all we can to add at least one player (and ideally two) to our attacking personnel.

There are several names being linked including the likes of Cunha and Kudus, whoever we target will not come cheap however now is the time to speculate to accumulate and take this team to the next level which is winning trophies regularly.

Myles Lewis-Skelly is maturing quickly –

Our fledging left back continues to impress and might just be the solution to our long-standing issues in that part of our back four.

He plays with no fear along with the exuberance of youth and can add plenty in an attacking sense too.

There is no doubt he will have a large part to play in not only this season but for several campaigns to come.