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Fourth place, the coveted trophy Arsenal have won nine times in the Premier League era, is there for the taking again.

Since Richard Keys and Andy Gray invented football in 1992, nobody has commandeered the back-door key to Champions League riches more than the Gunners, and a fifth straight win lifted them back above Manchester United into the fourth protocol.

Whisper it quietly, but at this rate they could even give Chelsea a run for their money in the race for third.

And much of Chelsea's money has been frozen by the banks.

Goals from Thomas Partey and Alex Lacazette deservedly gave Arsenal the points here, although it was not without controversy or the odd scare.

It is fair to say the Gunners' waning influence at English football's top table took root the day a sanctioned oligarch moved in across town and, in the words of former Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein, parked his tanks on our lawns firing £50 notes.

Dein's warning proved prescient – especially the part about £50 notes.

But there is growing confidence at the Emirates that, after three difficult seasons since Arsene Wenger rode into the sunset, the worst may be over.

In a gesture of solidarity, Arsenal restored Ukrainian defender Oleg Luzhny – who has returned to his homeland to join the Territorial Defence Force – to their first team squad on the back of the matchday programme.

Luzhny, who made a century of appearances for the Gunners and