Strikerless Arsenal get back to winning ways. Match report

Criticise Arsene Wenger and see what you get? Tactical innovation.

Arsene Wenger has managed this club since 1996. And in his 500th match he finally sent a team out without a single striker. The formation was 4-6-0. Yet it worked. In a rare bit of half-decent MOTD analysis, they pointed out how Arshavin had not tried to take on the two big Stoke centre-halves but instead played on the half-turn - rather than trying to hold the ball up, he played deeper and then drove forward.

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