If Arsenal could play as they did for the first 30 minutes of their clash with Manchester United yesterday, they would be strolling triumphantly down someone else’s guard of honour.
Robin van Persie could have no more persuasive argument for his defection from Arsenal than the guard of honour that his former teammates will offer him today.
ARSENAL’S surge up the Premier League table was stopped dead by Everton at the Emirates Stadium yesterday morning (Singapore time), and Arsene Wenger was less than amused.