And then there were three.



Considering this time last year Unai Emery was reluctant to use more than one of his strikers at a time, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette invariably taking turns as the other one kicked their heels on the bench, Arsenal’s stylistic shift, from cautious to ambitious, is revving up another gear.



Emery recognised midway through last season that Arsenal simply had to put their two best attackers on the teamsheet and build the rest from there. Now Nicolas Pepe has appeared and the pattern is shifting again. During a spell during their win over Burnley last weekend, with Lacazette back in the team after a knock and record signing Pepe given a half to stretch his legs, the Emirates crowd got a 26-minute taster of their newly-formed attacking trio. The buzz around the stadium noticeably picked up. This was something fresh, something promising, something that seemed to represent how Arsenal are at least trying to clamber...