Wherever he has been, Sam will always find a reason not to play out from the back and as he takes on Manchester City this weekend, it will not be the time for risks.

In this simple and oddly comforting world, it is just a bottle job that stands between Arsenal and the title. 

Liverpool’s golden age is ending but is it any consolation if one day they discover they were cheated?

The result and performance against Les Bleus allows everybody on all sides of this debate to take what they wanted from the game.