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I'm not really arguing anything.

I'm just wondering why after 19 years Wenger would just suddenly do something radically different. In fact he's usually pilloried on here for being stubborn and refusing to do things differently. I didn't see the whole game on Sunday annoyingly so I don't know but given that we blitzed them from the start we didn't win because of some tactical substitution master-stroke, we just had one of those games where everything clicks.

So I'm just asking if people think Wenger really did something different or if it was just a good day at the office. If he did do something different, what was it and what makes people think he did something different (result aside).
Couldn't be more wrong. It was about preparation, application and effort and you could see it all over the pitch and on the sidelines.

1. Theo tearing around the place like a lunatic, slide tackling to win the ball back in the middle and then immediately haring up the pitch to get into the box.
2. Ramsey sticking rigidly to his assigned role.
3. Cazorla balancing his offensive duties with defence, so Coquelin was always comfortable.
4. Ozil pushed up and central and orchestrating the performance.
5. Alexis and Bellerin playing gloriously direct football at a blur.
6. The players focused from the first whistle and paying strict attention to the passing and positional play.
7. Wenger barking his orders from the side and making changes that reflected the changes made by the opposition (although I was a bit pissed we didn't go for the jugular and really rack up a scoreline)
8. Cech full of authority at the back.
And so on.

Nothing to do with clicking or getting the run of the ball. It was proper preparation and execution at the level you would expect from professionals players at a big club like Arsenal.