[h=4]Wenger has no case for defence[/h] DONT read too much into the new Arsenal defence.
Despite the best efforts of Steve Bould, it bears all the hallmarks of the old one.
As we may well find out at the Etihad on Sunday despite Manchester Citys own problems at the back.
That Arsenal should have escaped from Montpellier on Tuesday with a win was not so much down to the sudden improvement of their back four but the chronic inability of the Montpellier strikers to find the net.
They racked up some 18 attempts on goal 10 on target to Arsenals five and still managed to score only once despite almost one-way traffic in the second half.
All the old Arsenal failings were there with a customary blunder from Per Mertesacker, the sight of full-back Carl Jenkinson getting caught out of position and Abou Diaby unnecessarily giving the ball away to provide Montpellier with one chance and then desperately lucky not to concede a penalty.
The miracle is that Arsenal have only conceded two goals this season.
Then again, their fixture list has not exactly been testing, though they did win at Anfield.
Many put this down to a poor performance from Liverpool and yet it was just one week after a weaker Liverpool team should have beaten Manchester City.
As for Arsenals encouraging start, this is par for the course apart from the abomination of last season.
In 2010/11 they won four and drew two of their first six.
The season before they won eight, drew one and lost two of their opening 11.
In 2007/8 they won 11 and drew four of their first 15.
The bottom line, of course, is how they fare against the big boys and none come bigger than City on Sunday and Chelsea at The Emirates the following weekend.
After Arsenals 6-1 thrashing of Southampton last week, Arsene Wenger was even talking about challenging for the title. I think we have been here before.