Gunners discover festive spirit

Arsenal 4 Newcastle 1

The Stoke Three are the vocal minority who made a name for themselves on YouTube by berating Wenger at the train station after the previous weekend’s capitulation at Stoke City. A few others have recently displayed banners against the most successful manager in the club’s history.

Wenger has raised expectations to a level he is finding hard to sustain. So, it is hard to imagine how the anti-brigade felt when the vast majority of the crowd at this match repeatedly stood in unison to chant the French manager’s name around a ground Newcastle manager Alan Pardew believes should be renamed the Arsene Wenger Stadium.