Maitland-Niles witnesses Mourinho meltdown as Arsenal handed lifeline for £2.5m summer windfall

It turned out to be a great weekend for a couple of ex-Arsenal players.

Joe Willock scored his first goal of the season as Newcastle United held West Ham United to a draw - doing his former club a favour in the top-four race - whilst Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is up and running for Barcelona after netting a hat-trick in their 4-1 win over Valencia.

But what about the players still contracted to Arsenal but not currently at the club?

Well, what started out as a 17-man strong loan army when the summer transfer window closed has since increased to 23 with all the movement during the January transfer window.

Although not everyone got some minutes or the results they wanted over the weekend with missing Feyenoord's 3-1 win over SC Cambuur with a knock, being beaten twice in Leuven's defeat at Sint-Truiden and Folarin Balogun's Middlesbrough losing 2-1 at Fulham.

first Ligue 1 outing after being named Marseille's player of the month ended in a surprise 2-0 defeat at home to Clermont - a game that also featured in.

There was some good news for as Fiorentina beat Atalanta and for as he featured in Real Betis' 2-1 win over Real Mallorca to keep their Champions League hopes alive.

Speaking of the Champions League, there is one Arsenal player getting experience in the competition this season.

However, it's the Concacaf Champions League rather than the elite level in Europe as - who joined the Gunners in January only to be loaned back to Colorado Rapids - featured in their 1-0 round of 16 first-leg defeat against Guatemalan side Comunicaciones F.C.

The 23-year-old will have a chance to avenge that loss in the return leg later this week.

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