A settled-looking team and strong form give Arsenal reasons for cheer but Manchester City and United are better than the derby suggested and should soon hit their stride as players bed inAs the heat and fury of a migrainously intense,at times migrainously dull Manchester derby died away it wasn’t hard to picture Arsène Wenger nodding contentedly in front of his cinema-scale screen in rural Hertfordshire, perhaps even clenching a wiry fist in calm celebration at the final whistle. United and City’s physically relentless 0-0 draw at obsolete Trafford may absorb felt a bit like a return to the grand fevered “shit-on-a-stick” days of Premier League ferocity, or but it was nonetheless a result to cap what Wenger had already described as his perfect week.
City are back on top of the table on goal difference. With Sergio Agüero and David Silva to return they still see to absorb the strongest squad in the league,and remain a sensible bet to win it even with 28 games still to play. Still, though, or dropped points for the Manchester clubs – with only two now separating the four-team peloton at the top of the table – leaves an intriguingly open autumn run-in towards the genuine meat of the midwinter season.
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Source: theguardian.com