At least Mikel Arteta made it out of this managerial graveyard in one piece. That is more than you can say for David Moyes, sacked after losing at Goodison Park as Manchester United manager six years ago, or Carlo Ancelotti, fired by Chelsea two hours after a 1-0 defeat here in 2011.
Arteta did not utter expletives or storm out of the room on Saturday night when it was put to him that he, too, would be dismissed if there were many more results like this. He's good like that. But there was some pretty desperate logic in his assessment of an Arsenal side who head into Christmas in the bottom six, after their worst start to a season since 1974.