Mikel Arteta has said he could not revisit Anthony Gordon’s controversial goal after Arsenal’s defeat to Newcastle last season but believes no lasting damage was done by his subsequent row with PGMOL.

Arsenal return to St James’ Park on Saturday almost exactly a year after a 1-0 defeat. Gordon’s strike in the 64th minute sparked a furious response from Arteta, who called the incident ’embarrassing’ and a disgrace as the goal survived three separate VARs. checks.

Arteta was subsequently charged by the Football Association for improper conduct but later cleared by an independent panel.

Asked if there were any further fallout from the whole episode, Arteta said: “No, hopefully we are past it. We talked about it extensively and that’s over. It’s a year. A year in football is a long, long time.

“Every club has its history and they have matches, situations and comments. That’s part of the game and we have to understand it as it is.”

“Every decision I make will be criticized, or no one will understand it, or they will understand it and praise it. There will always be opinions about our work, that’s normal.”

Asked if he had seen Gordon’s goal in preparation for Saturday’s match, Arteta replied: “I didn’t stop at that sequence! I didn’t want to go through that. It’s already on my hard drive so I didn’t done.” I want to experience that again.”

Arteta confirmed that Martin Ødegaard is still out with an ankle injury, Ben White is doubtful with a “joint” complaint, but Gabriel Magalhães is expected to recover from a knee problem.

“We have training today,” Arteta added. “If he (Gabriel) can complete that, he will be available. He hasn’t had any training yet, but if he can do that today, he will be available in the squad.”