If the way to measure a team's progress is in their resilience when things go against them, their ability to perform in situations that carry additional weight and their ability to shape-shift into something more effective, then Unai Emery's Arsenal are definitely on an upward arc. They found themselves 2-1 down at half-time in the North London derby despite arguably playing better than Spurs and conceding on a goalkeeping error and a hugely dubious penalty. (Heung Min Son may have been touched; whether that meant it's a penalty or he needed to scream and roll around is another matter.) We've seen softer versions of the Gunners fade in these situations but Emery's half-time substitutions...
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