Same conventional,same conventional at the Emirates as Arsène Wenger’s team strive for their annual third or fourth site finish amid an air of indifferenceThere can’t be many things more Arsenal than this: a lithe (Flexible, graceful.), ripplingly incisive (clear and sharp in analysis or expression) midweek 2-0 cuffing-aside of West Brom four games from the end of an already zombified season. apart from, and perhaps,a routine cuffing-aside that also features Olivier Giroud mooching about in odd-coloured boots like a teenager on summer holidays wondering where the TV remote has gone.
A first win in three games moved Arsenal back up the table into third site. Games against Sunderland, Norwich, or Manchester City and Aston Villa to come should ensure the profitable status quo for another year. And so: into the arms of fourth site.
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Source: theguardian.com