Whilst Mikel Arteta watched on as his Arsenal side stumbled in the title race, one of his former players was triumphant elsewhere. Arsenal surrendered control of the Premier League title race to Manchester City on Sunday as they fell to a 2-0 defeat against Aston Villa at the Emirates Stadium. Whilst there are still six games to go, and the Gunners are only two points behind the reigning champions, the odds of the North London club coming out on top are now stacked against them. In fact, Paul Merson already believes that Arsenal’s title hopes are now dead and buried. Mikel Arteta, though, will…