How many top strikers would pass up the chance of a hat-trick so a man who might end up taking their place could get a goal?

Man City 3 - Arsenal 0: Pep Guardiola has his first trophy as manager of Manchester City and Arsene Wenger may have won his last in charge of Arsenal after the Premier League leaders dismantled their rivals 3-0 in the Carabao Cup Final on a day of bitter contrasts.

The most important figure in the Arsenal team for tomorrow’s Carabao Cup final against Manchester City will not be big money January signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, World Cup winner Mesut Ozil, or England international Jack Wilshere.

Arsene Wenger has called on Uefa to alter the rules which have left Arsenal unable to play club-record signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the Europa League.

Jose Mourinho expects Manchester United will soon sign Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez after he missed the Gunners’ win over Crystal Palace to travel north to discuss the switch.

Antonio Conte has suggested Jose Mourinho has senile dementia, as the Chelsea head coach told the Manchester United boss: “I’m ready to fight”.

Arsenal 2 Chelsea 2: So much for the Premier League schedule killing players.

Manchester City’s Fernandinho expects Manchester United to feel the absence of Paul Pogba in this weekend’s derby.

The old cliché that form goes out of the window for the North London derby certainly held true. Arsenal, lacklustre so far, were lively and dominant; Spurs showed absolutely nothing of the form that has got everyone talking and referee Mike Dean firmly put to bed the view that he is biased towards Spurs.

By the time football restarted after the Second World War, Tottenham Hotspur was a club of the past. 

Talks over extending Mesut Ozil’s contract at Arsenal are “going in a positive way”, according to the agent of the German midfielder.

Traversing London for a trip to Stamford Bridge felt like a decidedly tame affair, after having run the gauntlet of 20,000 Germans on Thursday night. 

Arsene Wenger believes Jack Wilshere can get back to his best for Arsenal as he prepares to play his first game for the club in over a year.

Arsenal enter today’s final day of the transfer window in disarray, with the future of several first-team players up in the air, and the pressure ever increasing on manager Arsene Wenger.

Patrick Vieira sees no reason for Arsene Wenger to leave Arsenal and has accused critics of the Gunners boss of having short memories.

The signing of Bosnian Sead Kolasinac suggests Arsene Wenger has eventually accepted one can’t always pick a lock with a hair clip, says Simon Collings.

Alexandre Lacazette believes he has all the attributes needed to help fire Arsenal to the Premier League title next season after completing his dream move.

If this was the end, it was the perfect final chapter. Should Arsene Wenger bid au revoir to North London this week he will do so having guided Arsenal to their most unlikely FA Cup success of his 20-year spell in charge.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has money to spend in this summer’s transfer market and believes Champions League football will be the “icing on the cake” for prospective targets.

So emphatic, so mesmeric at times, was the quality of this Arsenal win that it was difficult to know whether to be hypnotised by its quality or outraged that a group of players who chronically underachieved for long periods of this campaign should finally hit peak form when it may be too late for Arsene Wenger and Arsenal’s season.

Tottenham 2 Arsenal 0: After describing how proud he was of his Tottenham Hotspur side’s performance in a one-sided north London derby, Mauricio Pochettino was asked whether Chelsea’s victory at Everton earlier in the day meant there was an underlying feeling of disappointment in home dressing room at White Hart Lane.

We’ve all nodded along sagely to warnings that Double Gameweek players don’t necessarily outscore their single-fixture counterparts, but it takes a week like this to make us actually believe it.

A freak Robert Huth own goal kept Arsenal’s faint Champions League hopes alive as they scraped to victory against a dogged Leicester side.

As we sat basking in the glorious Wembley sunshine yesterday, it felt strangely unfamiliar to be beaming with satisfaction with the game still goalless at half-time. 

There was a time when Arsene Wenger’s sides did this to the best in Europe.

Arsene Wenger has been given a four-match touchline ban for remonstrating with officials in Arsenal’s 2-1 Premier League win over Burnley.

Antonio Conte reckons Chelsea are attracting criticism from the likes of former boss Jose Mourinho because of jealousy at their 13-game winning run and position at the top of the Premier League.

Manchester City 2 Arsenal 1: Manchester City took three points off title rivals Arsenal and the manner and spirit of the victory will give a huge lift to Pep Guardiola’s Blue revolution.

If the Premier League were Monopoly, Arsenal played their ‘Get out of jail free’ card at Old Trafford on Saturday.

Arsenal will assess forward Alexis Sanchez on his return from international duty with Chile, but look set to again have to do without playmaker Santi Cazorla for Saturday’s trip to Manchester United.

Thurles Sarsfields (Tipperary) 0-17 Ballygunner (Waterford) 0-16: Yesterday’s Munster Club SHC quarter-final came down to one play in injury time, when Thurles Sarsfields’ free-taker, Pa Bourke, stood over a 65 that would nudge his side one ahead against Waterford champions Ballygunner.

Shkodran Mustafi believes Arsenal are developing the adaptability required to chase major honours this season.

Just how does one account for a season which was the source of so much anger and frustration among our fans, yet which has brought our highest league finish since we moved to our new stadium over a decade ago?

While myself and a substantial number of Gooners might well concur with the sentiments expressed in Saturday’s vague and decidedly futile protest, the somewhat embarrassing and decidedly schizophrenic scenes during our encounter with Norwich felt like a sad indictment of our modern day, social-media obsessed “supporters”.