HUDDERSFIELD, England — After all that, after that long, winding valedictory tour, after a month in which every milestone was recorded and every moment was a memory, there was no chance to say a final goodbye.
The last shot of Arsène Wenger, Arsenal manager, was not of him basking, one last time, in the adulation of his club’s fans, but of him, surrounded by a phalanx of stewards and police officers in bright yellow jackets, being ushered into the tunnel as jubilant Huddersfield Town fans raced on to the field to celebrate a relegation near miss.
Just like that, with no pomp and no ceremony, Wenger’s curtain fell abruptly after a 1-0 victory.