Arsenal bounced back from their Premier League defeat to Manchester United with a great run to seize the advantage in their hunt for silverware.

Mikel Arteta's Gunners defeated Kairat to complete a flawless league phase in the Champions League before comfortably dispatching Leeds in the Premier League and securing their place in the Carabao Cup final with a victory over Chelsea. The results were secured without Mikel Merino, who now confronts a spell on the treatment table with a fractured foot. Nevertheless, the Gunners resisted the urge to delve too deeply into their transfer funds.

Only two fresh faces arrived on deadline day and both were teenagers. Young defender Jaden Dixon signed from Stoke City while striker Evan Mooney has travelled south of the border after helping St Mirren claim the Scottish League Cup. Two youngsters who won't turn out for Arsenal in the campaign's second half are Ethan Nwaneri - who continues on loan at Marseille despite tentative speculation of a recall following Merino's setback - and James Wilson, who departed Hearts for Tottenham despite attention from the red side of North London. Here's...