At Arsenal, a little less bumbling, and a lot less grumbling

There is no question that Emery, in his five months or so at the Emirates Stadium, has improved Arsenal

In those frantic final minutes, as all sense of order broke down, as the noise crackled and the tension grew, Arsenal’s players did what they always used to do, what they always seemed cursed to do, what they were always derided for doing.

After all those months of detailed, intelligent, intricate coaching from Unai Emery, all those hours in front of the video screen analysing themselves and their opponents, all those days spent on the training field making the finest of adjustments to their body positions, they reverted to type.

The moment that encapsulated it best came not long after