LONDON -- The challenge facing Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur these days is the same -- restoration to their former glory -- but Sunday's emphatic 3-1 Gunners win suggests only one of these old rivals know how they want to go about it. Late September is too early to definitively assess the limit of any team's aspirations, but the manner of this one-sided encounter created a clear sense that Arsenal are looking to the future while Spurs continue to cling to the past.
The Gunners' £140 million summer spending spree comprised six signings under the age of 23.