So this wasn’t in the script. Certainly not six weeks ago when Arsenal swept past an inept Chelsea and certain bookmakers decided not to take bets on Antonio Conte’s future.
Maybe at the start of the season a brave few contended that the team responsible for worst defence of the title in history might do considerably better this season, given they had no European football to distract them.
Still, not many had them top of the league by Bonfire Night. And fewer still would have imagined they would be there playing the kind of joyful, stylish football which Roman Abramovich has always craved. In the stands, the owner smiled down on it all.
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