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| Arsenal blew Manchester United away in a second-half flurry Getty |
This time for Arsenal the boots were on the other feet. Last Sunday at Tottenham they were blown away by a surge of energy at the start of the second half, and had no way back in a game they lost 2-0.
But here at the Emirates they did the same thing to Manchester United. Even the timing of the goals, separated by three minutes roughly 10 minutes after the restart, was almost exactly the same as at White Hart Lane last week.
It was impressive to see Arsenal play this way, with focus, character and balance, not least because that has been so lacking from so many of their recent performances. This was, with not much competition, their best display in months. It was better than their unlikely FA Cup semi-final defeat of Manchester City, which owed more to digging in, staying in the game, and waiting for City to let them in.
