In an exclusive interview with Football FanCast, Dean Windass has dubbed Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as "disgusting" following his lateness ahead of Sunday's north London derby.

Aubameyang was dropped from the starting line-up, having been previously set to start the match against Tottenham, and ended up being an unused substitute, with Nicolas Pepe and Willian deployed as Arsenal's two attacking changes.

It was a brave decision from Arteta, with the Gabonese striker not only the club's captain, but is Arsenal's top goalscorer in all competitions and best source of goals.

But it paid dividends after goals from Martin Odegaard and Alexandra Lacazette cancelled out Erik Lamela's outrageous opener to move the Gunners four points behind their arch rivals.

And Windass told Football FanCast that it was a strong move from Arteta, who he thought addressed it perfectly.

He said: "It tells you a lot about the manager. It doesn't matter who you are, if you're the captain, or you're the biggest earner, rules are rules. As a footballer I was always early, there's no excuse.

"Fair play to Arteta, he's stamped his authority on it, but he's done it in the right way. He's not hammered him, yes he's left him out, yes he'll get fined, but it will hurt him for leaving him out the team. He will probably have had a meeting, even though they won the game.

"You don't know if he's been in a traffic jam, which isn't an excuse, nobody knows what goes on. But it's disgusting you can be late for a football match, when you're earning so much money. That's your job, that's your profession. Can you imagine if Roy Keane was in that changing room?"

Aubameyang will be hoping to make a return to the XI for the second-leg Europa League clash against Olympiacos on Thursday.