Arsenal discover there’s a Plan B

Defensively well-organised, disciplined in possession, full of heart and courage, lethal on the break, skilful in meaningful areas, tactically astute.

But this wasn’t Chelsea — although they benefited from the result. This was Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger, who has stuck so stoically to ‘the Arsenal way’ of passing teams to death and throwing defensive caution to the wind — despite seven years of poor results against the ‘big six’ away from home — finally discovered there is a Plan B.