Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang looking to boost Arsenal recovery as Mikel Arteta reveals how much he has suffered - in pictures

Gunners head for Brighton with star forward hoping to return from injury

Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Mo Elneny in training before the Brighton game. Getty

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is hoping to be fit to face Brighton. Getty

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang shows off some tricks. Getty

Arsenal's Granit Xhaka, Emile SMith Rowe and Alex Lacazette ahead of the Premier League match against Brighton. Getty

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta oversees the training session. Getty

Cedric and Gabriel Martinelli. Getty

Arsenal's Bukayo Saka. Getty

Ainsley Maitland-Niles at training. Getty

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta feels frustrated about his side's faltering season but has the backing of the club's board as he attempts to turn things around.

Arsenal upset London rivals Chelsea 3-1 on Saturday to record a first Premier League victory in nearly two months, ending a seven-match winless run.

Arteta earned some respite and his 15th-placed team will look to build on that performance when they face lower-ranked sides, starting with Tuesday's trip to 16th-placed Brighton.

The Gunners prepared with a final training session, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang looking fit and hoping to give Arteta a boost by returning from injury.

"Results-wise in the last few weeks we have all been suffering, I have been suffering," Arteta said. "I feel very responsible for that. The worst feeling is because I want to do so well... and to move as quickly as we possibly can.

"In order to do that we need to win football matches. When I don't, I feel like I am letting the club down. It is draining, it is frustrating and it is painful.

"When you are frustrated and sad, you have to find all the time somewhere to do that. My way has been my family and all the people that are here with me at the club, the board – they have all been super supportive and that has helped me a lot."

Arteta, who led Arsenal to FA Cup glory last season, said he second-guessed his managerial methods during the poor run, their worst start to a season since 1974-75.

"I question myself every day," he said. "Since I arrived here, first of all I had to analyse really well what was happening, what we can and cannot do.

"It is a 24/7 job. A lot of issues and then when results hit you like that you can sometimes not find the right reasons to understand why we are losing matches. But it is the beauty of this game, to find ways of doing things in a different way."