It was one of those typical Arsène Wenger throwaway lines, delivered with a faint smile playing across his lips but instantly revealing as to his true feelings. Arsenal had just beaten Reading in last Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final and he had been asked for his opinion on Chelsea’s 1-0 win over Manchester United in the Premier League. The Chelsea game had taken place at virtually the same time and Wenger said he had ignored the scoreline. So he was told of it. “One-nil. Usual,” Wenger acknowledged, before getting up from his seat in the Wembley auditorium and exiting through the side door.
If it felt inconceivable that Wenger did not know the outcome of such a crucial league fixture, then it was equally difficult to ignore the apparent subtext to his comment. One-nil is a dull result. It was the calling card, after all, of the pre-Wenger boring, boring Arsenal. And, as Chelsea’s pursuit of the title has come to feel like something of a grind, they have eked out four 1-0 wins in their last eight matches in the competition.
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