The half did not so much end as it faded out, like a storm moving on after doing its damage.
Because even though the damage had already been done, they still had to play.
Even after seeing a single player repeatedly prove their work worthless, they still had to go on, and they did.
After the goal, Erling Haaland, who had been missing from the game after his attempted bicycle kick, started getting more and more involved in the game, showing off his new link-up movements that he had trained with his mates.
That resulted in Manchester City getting a few chances, but they were either half-chances or caught cleanly by Raya, with the latter leaving his defence to block a few.
But just like, some guy called Newton said, to every action, there is an equal but opposite reaction and for Arsenal, that reaction was Izan, who time and time again drifted into view, even without the ball, stirring the whole stadium into a low murmur as well as collective intakes of breath.
