Little got past him, but he found Arteta’s preferred Nike ball tougher to read than the Puma version. “The Premier League ball moved a lot more,” he says. Did he have any sympathy for Arteta?

Eagle-eyed Premier ... League third kits this season is because of the major manufacturer’s ‘Together We Rise’ campaign. Nike ...

identical in all but branding to the football used in the Championship, League One and League Two. The Premier League’s balls have been supplied by Nike for 25 years with the Flight its current ...