It's now five long years since Arsenal last played in the Champions League, and in fact this season is their first without any kind of European football since 1995-96.
Mikel Arteta is trying to put that right, but finds his team in sixth place which, at best, is only going to be good enough for a place in the Europa League -- where the Gunners were marooned for the past four seasons.
But ESPN can reveal that without the decisions of the VAR, Arsenal would already be sitting pretty in fourth spot and dreaming of that place back among Europe's elite.