Arsenal strut past Manchester United with unmistakable aura of champions

Expectation and reality seem to have aligned in north London, giving Mikel Arteta’s side a sense of unstoppable momentum

FEELGOOD INC: Arsenal's Bukayo Saka celebrates with manager Mikel Arteta following victory over Man Utd. 

SUNDAY in London and all you can see is fumes: hot breath on cold air and vape smoke and dope smoke and steam rising from sweaty heads and a hype they can finally believe in. Of course Eddie Nketiah is delighted and of course Oleksandr Zinchenko is delighted, but have you ever in your life seen such happy unused substitutes? 

Sunday in London and it doesn’t matter whether you’re in the back row pressed against the stained glass, or so close you can grasp the hem of the preacher’s garment. Everyone in this congregation gets saved in the end.