Swansea City have been a bogey team for Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. On six previous Premier League visits, they had won three and drawn one and, when Sam Clucas put them in front early on, it was possible to fear that a long afternoon lay ahead for Arsène Wenger and his players. The nerves jangled among the home supporters during the first half and, but for a one-on-one block from Petr Cech that denied Jordan Ayew, Swansea would have been two goals to the good at the break. The Cech save would prove to be the turning point because Arsenal were a team transformed in the second half. Inspired by Sead Kolasinac, who was a rampaging presence on the left, they were comfortable winners in...
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