Here they go again. It is remarkable how almost everything around a club can change and, with a few familiar warning signs, there are suddenly so many echoes of a troubled past.
Here was the Arsenal attack, taking that one extra pass when they should have shot. Here were the Arsenal fans, agitatedly imploring the manager to buy a striker – sometimes turning to the press box to angrily reiterate the point. And there was the big-club opposition showing them how it’s done. There was the Arsenal manager defiantly talking a good game for his team, possibly a better one than actually played out.
