It was Gary Neville who said recently that Arsenal could win the Premier League by finding a way to produce last season in reverse. Nobody thought it possible. Surely Manchester City and Liverpool were just a little bit too good. But an astonishing run of seven consecutive domestic wins underpinned by an extraordinary tally of 31 goals has changed all that.
Neville’s point, made on his Stick to Football podcast, was simply that Arsenal had shown during the first half of last season just how devastating they can be when they get on a roll.