Arsenal display more reason for optimism than they have had for years | Jonathan Wilson

Mikel Arteta has a modern plan and is exhibiting the personality to put it into effect at the Emirates Stadium

It was only the Community Shield. It’s unlikely to be remembered in a month, never mind in a year or five or 10. Sports historians of decades to come will probably not be basing grand theses around some slightly tentative probing between two undercooked teams on a damp and blustery afternoon at Wembley. But it was another success for Mikel Arteta, further evidence that he might be building something exciting at Arsenal.

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