After the storm, the calm. An unspectacular yet entirely satisfactory three points enabled Arsenal to breathe steadily again at the end of a turbulent week. There was no collective bloody nose this time - just the one suffered by Francis Coquelin when Olivier Giroud clattered into him - and a few close shaves, although none of Everton’s best efforts caused serious damage.
Presumably the dangers of suicidal defending, as Arsène Wenger put it as the damage was done last time out by Monaco, was fairly high on the list of pre-match instructions. Lo and behold, after 18 minutes of aimless ambling, the game’s first moment of note saw another example of self-inflicted recklessness from Arsenal.
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