As a stretcher collected an injured Gabriel Jesus off the Emirates turf, you half-expected it to stop and retrieve the further remnants of Arsenal’s crumbling campaign, too.
A season which started with so much promise, but is now on the verge of crashing. By the end, Gabriel’s left-footed volley, two minutes after Diogo Dalot’s second yellow card for fouling Mikel Merino, was not enough to keep Mikel Arteta’s side in the FA Cup — the competition which presented the Gunners’ best chance at winning silverware this season.
It is still Arteta’s last, and only, major triumph at Arsenal, dating back to 2020.