For 83 minutes of the game against Chelsea on Sunday afternoon, Arsenal were anything but their usual selves. Well-organised, difficult to break down, and with a whole lot more fighting spirit than this past decade put together. Mikel Arteta's first home game in charge certainly bore a sense of excitement about what the new era could mean for the Gunners, and for the large majority of the contest, the future looked incredibly bright. They restricted the Blues to just four shots on target over the course of the 90 minutes, won more aerial duels (17) and made double the amount of clearances (20) too. It was a performance built on defensive resilience and a far cry from the side that had...
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