Manchester’s loss is Arsenal’s gain as Wenger has ‘perfect week’

Arsene Wenger hasn’t just clambered up to the moral high ground — he’s having a picnic there.

A day after Jose Mourinho and Chelsea imploded at Upton Park, revealing all the game’s ugliest parts, Arsenal’s biggest title rivals, Manchester City and Manchester United, played out a turgid, uninspiring goalless draw at Old Trafford, leaving the Gunners looking rosy.

Manchester City replace Arsenal at the top of the league, on goal difference, and there’s no doubt Manuel Pellegrini will be happier with the result, even though United edged it in terms of performance. But this last seven days — described by Wenger as a ‘perfect week’ — have belonged to the north London club.