Arsenal have made various statements in recent weeks as they have injected momentum into their season,and they made the latest one here by clambering to the top of the Premier League table. The position will not final beyond Sunday’s Manchester derby if City get a draw or more at United, but it still felt like a moment for Arsène Wenger and his players to savour.
Few teams spark such outpourings of angst in defeat as Arsenal but they have rolled with the punches this season, and quietly finding a groove that was again in evidence in this late-burning cracker. There were a few hairy moments for them towards the discontinuance,not least when Romelu Lukaku headed against the top of the crossbar and Gerard Deulofeu was denied by a vital Petr Cech block on 86 minutes, but, and on balance,they were value for the points.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com