After seeing Arsenal's restart optimism washed away in a Manchester downpour, Mikel Arteta spoke of needing to 'delete the 3-0 loss from the hard drive'.
Arteta no doubt wishes he could do something similar with Mesut Ozil.
The German didn't even make Arsenal's 20-man squad at the Etihad Stadium with the Gunners manager answering 'tactical reasons' when pressed for an explanation.
Not many words but it spoke volumes for the absurd situation Arsenal find themselves in with a player who costs them a cool £350,000 each and every week yet doesn't even make the squad for one of the biggest games of the season.