Santi Cazorla was fantastic throughout, his ability to evade challenges under pressure is a joy to watch. If I was to be critical then I would go back to my early season moan and suggest that he stops shooting every time he is within sight of the goal. Often we had better placed players in the box but instead went for the blast. That aside he made the team tick going forward and it was his skipping driving run that opened up Swansea for our first goal. Giroud denied Ramsey a chance of a clear shot before setting up Monreal

When looking at the run in a few weeks ago, this along with the Manchester United clash were the two that made you gulp somewhat. You can never predict which games will be won and lost but this was one fixture that we were very capable of losing if we did not play well. Swansea City have lost only twice at home this season in the league and Arsenal have lost every time at their ground since the Welsh boys had made the Premier League big time. It was already a task in itself but when you throw into the mixer a massively mental and physical match against Bayern Munich in midweek then  it can be forgiven if some Gooners feared the worse.

I actually felt quite confident before the game started in truth. The result against Bayern Munich would have given the squad a big lift and it was a fixture that we had to win so resting on our laurels was unlikely to happen. Many have spoken about the game in Germany being the blueprint for the remainder of the season but I would move it a game on and suggest that our display at Swansea should be the type of display that we should be replicating against the difficult sides, especially away from home.

It feels as if we have reverted back to our style of play at the start of the season. Instead of keeping a high line we drop off and get men behind the ball when we are not in possession. Per Mertesacker’s reading of the game and Koscielny’s speed and intercepting seems to compliment each other and the closing down of the players in front of them has added a force field around Lukas Fabianski’s goal. Two back to back clean sheets isn’t really enough to gage any real change but from the naked eye, it does look as if we are more organised. On top of that less of my pants need scrubbing at the end of games, which can only be a good thing.

I can only speculate but I imagine plenty has been done in terms of words and action since the shambles at White Hart Lane. Since then captain Thomas Vermaelen and keeper Wojciech Szczesny have been dropped and our style of play has been altered. The players have also been visually more verbal in their communication, this was confirmed by Theo Walcott.

It will be interesting to see how the team approach a team like Reading at home where we are expected to take the game to them first and foremost rather than make sure our goalkeeper is protected. This is the balance that Arsene will be looking for.

I thought some of the football on show at the Liberty Stadium was top notch, it really was. Swansea played some excellent football under pressure from chasing Arsenal players and Arsenal also stepped it up, especially Santi Cazorla and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. The latter seemed to be playing his very own version of the crossbar challenge. Less than five minutes in he was sprinting at the Swansea right back, jinking one way and then the other before curling a wonderful effort against the top of the bar. It would have been a lovely goal for the youngster who has struggled with consistency this season, due to injury and a lack of game time. He was very purposeful and direct yesterday, driving through the Swansea team with powerful runs.

Swansea’s best chance of the game was courtesy of a bad pass from Carl Jenkinson who put his defence in trouble, Michu pounced and dragged his shot wide of Fabianski’s goal. Swansea’s only attempt on goal was actually offside. That just showed how well we defended because they also had more of the ball  than we did. We look cohesive and organised, I hope Theo Walcott and Oliver Giroud can find their goal scoring touch during this form. The former was off the pace and has been for the last few games.

Santi Cazorla was fantastic throughout, his ability to evade challenges under pressure is a joy to watch. If I was to be critical then I would go back to my early season moan and suggest that he stops shooting every time he is within sight of the goal. Often we had better placed players in the box but instead went for the blast. That aside he made the team tick going forward and it was his skipping driving run that opened up Swansea for our first goal. Giroud denied Ramsey a chance of a clear shot before setting up Monreal to scuff a shot past Vorm. We really do have two left backs of top quality.

Ramsey and Gervinho had already replaced Diaby and Oxlade-Chamberlain. The former I thought showed some encouraging signs if lacking in the final third but judging by many comments and bloggers I appear to be in the minority. Diaby often takes a few games to reach his best after injury but his passing seemed sharper and his driving runs through Swansea caused them several problems. Ramsey, as is often the case was fantastic off the bench so was Gervinho for that matter who seems to be returning to his better form post ACN.

In injury time Santi’s reverse pass set up the counter and Giroud slipped in Ramsey down the right, his square pass was a little behind Gervinho who steadied himself, took a touch and slotted past Vorm to wrap up all three delicious and sumptuous points.

I don’t want to speak too early but it would be great if we could continue in this way until the end of the season and take this strength into the next campaign, hopefully with Champions League football under our belts.

Well done Arsenal, now come on West Ham and Fulham.

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