10 Things We Learned From The English Premier League Football Weekend (15-17 September 2017)

2. Just When You Thought He Was Out...

Manchester City's Sergio Aguero celebrates scoring their fourth goal
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ArsenalFanTV is an absolute joy for the neutral. For the fans of the few sides better than them, it must be hilarious to watch the guests moan as impotently as their side challenges for the Premier League title. For those long-suffering fans of sides who could only dream of their success, we, to be blunt, view them as teenagers who didn't get an XBox One and a PS4 for Christmas. Blud. Blud. What does the FA Cup matter, blud?

Those guests must have been conflicted in the wake of Sunday's result, which somewhat dented the Arsene-Wenger-can't-mastermind-big-games narrative. Arsenal on Sunday were a different proposition to their widespread perception of weakness and rudderless direction; resolute in defence and combative in midfield, they restricted Chelsea to few chances and had the beating of them. They didn't actually beat Chelsea, obviously. They were playing them in the league.

You could argue that the Arsenal board has a selective memory. Hilariously for us, this is probably the memory they'll hark back to upon awarding Wenger with a two-year contract in 2019, thus extending football's funniest running gag.

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