It is almost exactly a year to the day since Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang inherited the captain’s armband.
In that time we have lifted the Emirates FA Cup and the Community Shield - so what sort of effect has the role had on him?
“I think [I have changed], yeah,” he told our official matchday programme. “Because you feel a lot of responsibilities and I think I am trying to give everything in every single game.
“I think before maybe, I don't know, it was not done on purpose but maybe sometimes I was a little bit less concerned on certain games.