Arsenal stood to hail Gabriel Jesus, back in time to perform his own little Christmas miracle, even if the winning goal he celebrated would go down as an own-goal.
Jesus made an impact on his return, off the bench on his first appearance at the Emirates Stadium for 335 days to rescue three precious points on a fraught night for the natives in north London.
The contest was into the fourth of six minutes of added time when the Brazilian dashed in front of his marker Yerson Mosquera and managed to make the first contact on yet another brilliant cross from Bukayo Saka.