Arsene Wenger hopes Arsenal can carry the momentum of beating Chelsea over the weekend to UCL play against Basel. How do you follow perfection? It was not just the result, a 3-0 win over Chelsea, or even the luminescent performance as Arsenal sauntered around their traumatised opponents with a display of stylish superiority which recalled some of Arsene Wenger's very best traditions, but the emotional pitch of the occasion, breaking a jinx against London rivals ahead of the manager's 20th anniversary, which made Saturday impossible to emulate. A home match against FC Basel in the Champions League cannot and will not have the same resonance, but that is not to say that the tide of delight...
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