He saved the best for last, Arsene Wenger. Or, at least, his team saved their very best performance of the season for their last game.
And if it were to be Wenger’s finale after 21 years, if Tuesday’s board meeting were to result in something cataclysmic in football terms and wholly unexpected at this late stage, at least he will always have this on which to reflect in his dotage.
A mesmerising Arsenal side outplayed the Premier League champions. They should have won be a far greater margin, hitting the woodwork three times. In fact they played like a Wenger side, but one from 13 years ago, with panache, obduracy, commitment and zeal.
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