Aaron Ramsey and Mesut Ozil were notable by their absence for the squad, depite Wenger saying that they should be ok to play.

Laurent Koscielny was also missing again, a worrying development given the problems he had over pre-season. Arsenal said it was because he’s banned for the first two games of the season. Let’s hope that is all it is.

Bobby Madley may not quite be his same old useless self. He booked Hector (rightly) for a late tackle yet only gave Marcus ‘he wanted it more’ Alonso a talking-to for the same on Lacazette. He did get the penalty call right, to his credit, as he spotted Willian kicking himself. And he sent Pedro off for the type of tackle that should see red more often.