Mikel Arteta BANNED for Arsenal’s final game of season after touchline antics in clash against Newcastle

MIKEL ARTETA will miss Arsenal’s final game of the season after picking up a touchline ban.

The Spaniard picked up a yellow card against Newcastle after kicking the ball away late on.

Mikel Arteta has been suspended for Arsenal’s final game of the seasonGetty

It was his third of the current campaign.

And as a result, Arteta has now picked up a one-match suspension.

It means he will not be present when Arsenal take on relegated Southampton on the final day of the Premier League.

And assistant Albert Stuivenberg is likely to take charge in Arteta’s absence.

But the Arsenal boss won’t mind too much after his side all-but-sealed a second-place finish.

A super strike from Declan Rice saw the Gunners beat Newcastle to the runners-up spot while also cementing a place in next season’s Champions League.

Arsenal could now lose their final match to Southampton.

But they will still be present in Europe’s elite competition as Newcastle, Chelsea, Aston Villa, Man City and Nottingham Forest scramble for the three remaining spots.

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