Once the ball left David Raya’s foot, one could sense his panic. It was a poor clearance which ultimately cost Arsenal the lead.
The error particularly of note due to his inclusion in the team at the expense of Aaron Ramsdale is based upon his passing distribution.
Yet when Bukayo Saka hobbled off the pitch, his head looking towards the floor, after clutching his thigh, Mikel Arteta could likely smell the omens in the sky.
It was why Elye Wahi’s glide into the box to finish Przemysu0142aw Frankowski’s cross, the sense of it all going from bad to worse had a predictability about it.