Disaster averted, but search for Arsenal identity continues

Just when a beautiful story, which famously began with a newspaper asking ‘Arsene Who?’ looked to be instead ending with a headline of‘Arsenal Who?’, the Gunners have taken one tiny step torediscovering their identity.

Almost 23 years and three months since a relatively unknown Arsene Wenger walked into Highbury and, to the surprise of his critics, transformed both Arsenal and the Premier League, his former side’s first-half performance at the London Stadium was almost entirely unrecognisable from the brand he created.