Arsenal are transformed and now hold an advantage in the Premier League title race

There was a time when the scoreline indelibly associated with Arsenal was 1-0. Not now, and if there were points earlier in the season when Mikel Arteta seemed to be paying tribute to George Graham’s low-risk, low-scoring side, now it is more likely to be 5-0 to the Arsenal. Or, in this case, a second 6-0 away win in a month.

Arteta’s Arsenal are the roundheads who have reinvented themselves as cavaliers. There are times when title-chasing teams can find the goals dry up in the run-in. But and the division’s top scorers. And if they were aided by the ineptitude of , who by conceding at least five goals for the fourth successive home game, this was a stunning demonstration of attacking strength.