Arsenal break the curse of Jose Mourinho

Arsenal 2 Manchester United 0: Success at last for Arsene Wenger against Jose Mourinho and, more significantly, fresh hope for Arsenal in their quest for a top four place. 

With it, though, came further confirmation that while meetings between these two clubs were once season-defining, they are now little more than a subplot to weightier matters being decided elsewhere.

Fourteen times Wenger had confronted Mourinho in a competitive fixture and failed to get one over a manager with whom he had traded insults and, very nearly, blows. Finally the Frenchman has ended that run thanks to two goals in three second-half minutes, the first a deflected, long-range effort from Granit Xhaka quickly followed by Danny Welbeck’s header, his third goal against his former club.