Nasri sparkles but Gunners left plenty to ponder

Arsenal 1 West Brom 0

However it all ended with serious questions about the Gunners’ capacity to mount a sustained title challenge.

Writing in his programme notes Wenger, recalling last season’s collapse in the finishing straight, having looked set for a first title in four years, insisted: “If we can have as good start as last year, and get to the same position again, then I believe we will win it this time.”