Some of the home crowd broke out into a chorus of 'are you watching Arsenal?' before others stopped them, not wanting to get too carried away on the long and arduous road of this title race.
Mikel Arteta and Co may have been trembling watching Manchester City but, if they were casting an eye over the champions Liverpool, they may have been rubbing their hands knowing Arne Slot's men are way off the pace.
They were not just beaten here at the hands of Slot's great idol Pep Guardiola but humiliated.