It had been a long time coming, but that didn't make it any less heartfelt. Granit Xhaka probably couldn't have asked for a better Arsenal farewell.
If the Swiss international had been granted three wishes by a genie the two of them certainly came in the form of goals in what is, despite Mikel Arteta's protestations to the contrary, set to be his final appearance in a Gunners shirt. The third had already come this season when the turnaround in his relationship with the Arsenal fans had been completed.
Just three years after hounding him off the pitch against Crystal Palace, an away end of Arsenal supporters at Brentford were proudly serenading the 30-year-old with his very own song. It was to be the first of many times that that jubilant chant rang round the Gunners faithful this season. It's been the culmination of a comeback that few saw coming. Few that is, except for Mikel Arteta.
