Wenger passes crisis tag to new Blue Villas-Boas

ARSENAL, for so long the victims of vitriolic press coverage, negative headlines and nervous fans, have passed the baton of crisis westward — and Chelsea, it seems, have grasped it with such tenacity that it may prove difficult to release.

The biggest headache facing journalists following Saturday’s remarkable victory for Arsenal at Stamford Bridge was ‘where do you start?’, so impacting was the result on the future of both teams.

For Arsenal it was a powerful statement of recovery from a side that hit rock bottom with an 8-2 defeat at Old Trafford; a scoreline that left even previously untouchable manager Arsene Wenger under pressure for his job.