It is a good job the celebration police were otherwise engaged on a hectic final day of the Premier League season, because the killjoys that have popped up unwanted at regular intervals throughout Arsenal’s campaign would surely have had a field day with the scenes at the Emirates.
A 5-1 victory over Everton was not enough to steal the top-four finish that had been theirs to lose less than a fortnight ago, as Tottenham took that honour with their own thumping win over doomed Norwich. The damage from an Arsenal perspective was done at St James’ Park last Monday and at Spurs the Thursday before that.
