Oleksandr Zinchenko is reinventing the left-back role having become the key cog in Arsenal’s unlikely Premier League title push… so, why DID Pep Guardiola let him leave Man City?

This season, through the haze of ecstasy and reverie at the Emirates, there are two images of Oleksandr Zinchenko that linger longer than most.

The first came back in August, when the Ukrainian sprinted down the touchline following Gabriel’s late winner over Fulham.

For the first time all season, Arsenal had met adversity. For the first of many times, they trampled through it towards victory. There was only one issue: Zinchenko was supposed to be injured.

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