Arsenal’s eyes may now be firmly on Europa League glory but they won’t wish to be embarrassed as they head to St James’ Park to play Newcastle.
The Premier League will barely be on Arsene Wenger’s radar with Atletico Madrid the Gunners’ next European opponents.
But the Frenchman, who remains under instense scrutiny, will not want to give his enemies fresh ammo and must take care of the Magpies professionally.
He must do without Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who remains out for around two weeks, and David Ospina.
Aaron Ramsey, though, should be fit despite the deep cut sustained in Russia against CSKA Moscow, and Granit Xhaka recovered from illness.