At last the “The Specialist in failure” got one over the “Special One”. The deflected effort from Xhaka gave Gunners the lead. Furthermore, they multiplied their lead three minutes after the fact when Danny Welbeck headed home against his previous club after a pinpoint cross from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
The combine have persevered through a bad tempered relationship throughout the years, and in their past 15 competitive gatherings Wenger had never beaten a Mourinho side, with his lone triumph coming in the Community Shield in 2015.
This win which revived Arsenal’s expectations of winding up in the top four and qualifying for the Champions League – which would be momentous in this traumatically indeterminate season. “We want to win our games. Some teams that are safe continue to fight. Let’s focus to win our games. Every win is important. We had a bad patch and seem to have recovered from it.” said the 67 year old French men on possible top four finish.