Mikel Arteta smiles when asked whether Arsenal organised a small celebration last weekend when Manchester City lost. It does after all preserve a slice of Arsenal history.
The significance, of course, is that Arsenal are the only Invincible club since Preston’s 1888-89 season and, after City’s defeat to Wolves last weekend, will remain so for another year at least.
For if any team can match Arsene Wenger’s team it is surely Pep Guardiola’s centurions and treble winners?
And yet they have actually never come close to Arsenal’s 2003-04 unbeaten record.