Arsenal's XI last time they topped the Prem after five games - and what happened next
dailystar.co.ukArsenal fans would have snapped off your hand had they known they'd top the Premier League table after five games. And the Gunners can extend their margin at the top should they beat Manchester United on Sunday afternoon at Old Trafford.
It's been almost a decade since the Gunners last stood pretty at the top of the English footballing pyramid. That day, when Arsenal moved to the top of the league, the Gunners beat Stoke 3-1 at the Emirates Stadium in late September 2013.
And Daily Star Sport is looking at where the starting side that day are now. READ MORE: 4 top footballers still playing in Chinese Super League and earning an absolute fortuneWojciech Szczesny was the man between the sticks that day - and the Polish shot-stopper is still in the game as the starting keeper for Juventus.Arsene Wenger opted for a back four of Kieran Gibbs, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, and Bacary Sagna.
Gibbs left the Gunners in 2017, and he's now stateside with Inter Miami - while Sagna left the Emirates the following year for Manchester City, he's now retired after a stint in the US.Mertesacker is still at Arsenal as an academy coach, and his centre-back partner Koscielny returned to France in 2019 with Bordeaux, and he retired last season. Do you think Arsenal can win the Premier League this season?
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