Surreal tbh. What’s weird is other teams just look mid. You watch other games (PSG, Madrid) and they honestly look like Villa to me.

Arteta really did raise the standards and I couldn’t be more grateful.

I really used to pray for days like these.

I think it’s obvious we are playing a way more structured system this season. We have far fewer overlapping runs, and seem to be more focused on managing our longevity over the season than we are in blowing teams away.

At the moment we look efficient to me. It feels like Arteta trying to approach winning from a more controllable angle (dominate possession, concede fewer chances) than it feels like a lack of inventiveness. I’m just a little worried it might affect some of our players’ confidence (Martinelli is quietly having a bad season for example).

Overall I’m not too worried. I just hope leadership knows what they are doing.

It’s not too late for Nwaneri to become the biggest story for us this year.