If Arsenal fans craved something different more than anything else then they certainly got that at Old Trafford on Wednesday night.
It has been a long time since Arsenal left Manchester feeling disappointed that they only collected a point. All too often they returned home with nothing other than a new humiliation to process.
But that wasn’t the case on Wednesday night.
Here are a few other things that stood out during and after the game…
3Jose Mourinho’s tactics were a sign of respect to Unai Emery
It might not have felt like it at the time as United players ran around the pitch kicking lumps out of Arsenal players, but it was a sign of respect from Jose Mourinho who knew his side couldn’t possibly hope to compete with Arsenal in a game of football.
He isn’t the first Manchester United manager to resort to that sort of tactic, of course.
We saw it all too often against United, especially involving latter-era Wenger teams.
And let’s not forget it was the only way they could stop Arsenal’s 49-game unbeaten run.
This time they failed, in part because Jose Mourinho is a shadow of Sir Alex Ferguson, even in his wettest dreams.
But mostly it was because this Arsenal side will not be bullied like they were under Wenger.