Roy: Please UEFA, don’t make an ash of Euro final

THOUGH an early Fulham goal or news of a Tottenham romp at Burnley might have put a different complexion on matters, this game was always going to be about the future.

For Fulham that represents a game in Hamburg in two days’ time and, even more pertinently, the chances of catching a flight there tomorrow.

For Arsenal it was all about not having to qualify for the Champions League next season, having bolstered a squad that once again wasn’t quite up to it in the process.