Another unremarkable win shows Arsenal’s strength is in depth rather than creativity | Jonathan Wilson

It wasn’t much of a spectacle. But in the end, for the second week running, thanks in no small part of their bench, Arsenal won.

Fireworks in the autumn are for Bonfire Night; titles require relentless accumulation. Since the international break, Arsenal have won three games out of three despite not being in the lead at half-time in any of them.

Hammered at Brighton and having endured a drab first hour at home to Leeds last week, there has been a rare sense, for the first time really since Manchester City dropped points at Everton at the beginning of May, of Arsenal not being quite at their best, needing to reassert their quality.