Arsenal hitting top gear

Leicester 2 Arsenal 5: Tomorrow night’s Champions League duties first, then Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger can forget about his hang-ups with petro-dollar rivals Chelsea and Manchester City this week and refocus on a favourite old enemy.

This emphatic victory against previously unbeaten Leicester City not only keeps Arsenal in the mix, on a weekend when Jose Mourinho’s and Manuel Pellegrini’s sides failed to win, but it also signalled the re-emergence of key players ahead of this Sunday’s visit of Manchester United.

Louis van Gaal’s side will come to north London on top of the embryonic Premier League table and will find themselves up against a team just three points behind, facing a manager and players beginning to believe they are right in this title fight.