Van Persie brace beats Chelsea

Arsenal's season continues to pivot between the ridiculous and the sublime; after last weekend's 3-0 drubbing by Manchester City, two Robin van Persie goals helped them to a 2-1 victory at Chelsea. "If Arsenal were in crisis then the anguish has now passed to Luiz Felipe Scolari," reports the Guardian. "The Brazilian does have his grievances since the visitors' equaliser should have been ruled offside. Scolari's Chelsea had already seen Liverpool take three points at Stamford Bridge, to say nothing of defeat by Burnley in the League Cup, before the arrival of Arsenal. All the same, there is sympathy for the manager. He is a victim of changing times."