It was a quintessential mid-Wenger era counterattack: blisteringly incisive, 15 seconds after Newcastle lose possession 10 yards from the Arsenal box, the ball is in the net.
Yet on a wet Saturday in mid-April, Wenger and his revived team were up there in third place in the English Premiership.
Even if the board does want to try something new, then it is not going to happen mid-season, and Wenger is never going to be sacked.
Community of Practice (Lave & Wenger, 1991; Wenger, 1998; Wenger & Snyder, 2000).
Arsene Wenger has promised a short mid-season break to his Arsenal stars after the Gunners took top spot in the Premier League over Christmas.
Coincidentally or not, in splitting the Wenger years into two contrasting halves, the mid-point is the significant moment Arsenal relocated.
Instead, Wenger would rather do away with the whole mid-season transfer window.
Promising performances from Santi Cazorla and Theo Walcott mid-week will encourage Arsenal fans, but Gunners will hope that Wenger's decision not to rest them against Bayern will not leave them jaded for tomorrow's game.
Arsène Wenger's teamhave lost only once in all competitions since mid-March, a sequence incorporating 25 matches, and would move six points clear of Spurs if they prevail at the Emirates Stadium this weekend.
Burnley, managed by Owen Coyle, impressed Arsène Wenger in the last round of the Cup, but remain decidedly mid-table.
A defeat at this early stage makes the continued employment of Heynckes a lot less likely - Hoeness and Bayern are notoriously unforgiving - while a win could possibly free up another enticing option: Munich are long-term admirers of Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger - and came close to giving him the job in the mid-90s.
