Mathieu Flamini came on in our 2-1 loss against West Brom after both Coquelin and Arteta were subbed off injured but unfortunately couldn’t manage to inspire us to an equaliser.

Speaking after the match, the wealthy midfielder insisted that Santi Cazorla’s penalty miss – a huge point in the match – couldn’t be helped and that these things sometimes do just happen.

“The penalty, it can happen and Santi falling… there is nothing you can do,” the Frenchman said.

“We tried and tried and tried until the last minute but we can’t give any excuses – today we lost the three points.

“It’s a shame because we started the game well, we went 1-0 up and then after they scored [twice] before half time it became more difficult for us.

“We tried to push on in the second half, we had some opportunities but of course it is disappointing because we didn’t get any points.”

He added, “Sometimes it happens and now it is important to recover and focus on the next game.”

Santi’s penalty miss, which saw him slip slightly, kicking the ball into the opposite leg and skying the ball, summed up our entire game. If it hadn’t been Arsenal, it would have been comical.

We had chances coming off the bar from Ozil, Campbell missing the best opportunity of the entire game right in front of goal, and two of our players getting injured.

Definitely a bad day at the office.

All the players can do now, as Flamini says, is regroup, recover and bounce back in our next match.