Comment: This was a karma-filled revenge story for Mikel Arteta and his men

The result pretty much confirmed what we already knew - that City are miles off being anywhere near the title race and that Arsenal will probably go on and finish second yet again.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta intervenes as tempers flare between Arsenal's Gabriel and Manchester City's Matheus Nunes. Pic: Adam Davy/PA Wire.

"Stay humble, eh?" yelled the Arsenal fans whenever Erling Haaland touched the ball, which let's face it wasn't that often.

There was even a banner with those fateful words, albeit scrawled in marker pen on some cardboard.