Before Everton won the three points on the pitch, Arsenal fans made one emphatically off it.
In a remarkable week during which the actual football has been overshadowed and felt irrelevant following attempts of 12 greedy clubs, including Arsenal, to form a European Super League this was no different.
Even with both still playing for a place in more accepted European competition, Arsenal and Everton were going to have to produce something special to take the spotlight away from the scenes outside the Emirates.
The German's feeble effort to keep out Richarlison's cross saw him put in his own net
Bernd Leno tried his best with a comical late own goal to gift Everton a victory, one that would have been that little bit sweeter in light of their fury at the breakaway plans of their rebel Premier League rivals.