Goals win games, of course, but on Saturday it was the defence who took all the plaudits - and rightly so.
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Journalist, blogger, and long suffering Arsenal fan, bound for all time to share the pain and misery, and occasional pin-prick of joy, that comes with following north London's finest exports.
Burnley vs Arsenal: How far will Dyche’s men push it?
If PGMOL really wanted to preserve fluidity of the game, it might have looked at working on its appalling implementation of VAR, which had served only to make the game a sideshow, but, alas, it settled on a re-imagining of 1990s football thuggery instead.
Arsenal v Norwich: Well, it’s a start !
Among the crowds of fellow fans, the tension was more palpable, the mood more on edge, the sense of nervousness more profound.
Arsenal v Norwich: the time for excuses is over
Seldom has an Arsenal team looked so vulnerable as the one we have seen recently.
There’s gas in the tank, now it’s time to get this club moving
The personal travails of the manager aside, he will surely be pleased with the crop of players he now has at his disposal, a group fast-approaching the sort of dynamic, focussed, willing-to-work collection of players he seems to favour. These are a group of young leaders in the making, a young group that seems willing to listen and learn and with the capacity to do so.
Norwich or Nothing: Mikel Arteta’s job hangs by a thread
The proverbial Fat Lady hasn't quite sung yet for Mikel Arteta but, be under no illusions, she is warming up and awaiting her curtain call.
Manchester City vs Arsenal: The Gunners simply have to be better
Notwithstanding the debilitating absences, our early season exploits have been marred by amateurish defending and impotent attack. That won't do.
Flashes of vintage Aubameyang are positive sign for Arsenal
Like Samson without his hair, Auba had spent months toiling alone up front or on the left in a team, powerless to affect games and unable to do anything with the scraps he was given.
Arsenal were timid, tense, and overawed…and no-one was surprised
The thing about Mikel Arteta's team is that it almost never surprises you...and that's not a compliment
Arsenal v Chelsea: A difficult afternoon ahead
Chelsea have yet to experience proper away crowd hostility and the Gunners faithful must do all it can to make the experience jarring.
