Arsenal climb down from the scaffold Mikel Arteta has constructed

Yesterday at 06:38 PM

Playing with greater freedom and less reliance on set pieces has raised spirits and restored team to the title race

Maybe the world isn't ending after all. Or at least, not yet anyway. For Arsenal, and indeed the Premier League, the title race is still alive, still twitching, like a dog kicking out in its sleep wondering whether to wake up.

The last week has felt like a point of crisis for Mikel Arteta's team, with cup defeats, points dropped, the attack and midfield gripped with a kind of ennui-football. Certainly the energy around this team can often seem manic, overly low then overly high.