Arsenal’s latest awakening gives Antonio Conte sleepless nights

Arsenal 3 Chelsea 0: Only time will tell if this outstanding Arsenal display was a false dawn, or a genuine rebirth of the club’s title aspirations at the start of a week marking Arsene Wenger’s 20th anniversary as their manager.

Wenger is too shrewd and experienced to make such predictions, stating he is more concerned by the immediate threat of Basle in Wednesday’s next Champions League encounter, but he felt on safer ground discussing the prospects of one of the architects of this result — Theo Walcott.

The enigmatic forward was eclipsed by Alexis Sanchez in a team performance that Chelsea manager Antonio Conte claimed will give him at least two sleepless nights, but is showing signs of finally be fulfilling his potential after an often unconvincing decade under Wenger’s tutelage.