Apart from that brain fart of a game in Milan (2-1), we're in roughly the same place as last year. We're certainly in no worse a place in the league. Having played 9 away games, and just 5 at home (on a shit Wembley pitch and three of those against City, Liverpool and Chelsea) might also be colouring the perception as to how easy (or not) on the eye we've been this year.
Today was just a case of Arsenal being better on the day, that's the best I've seen from them in a long time.