Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had not done much. Not by his high standards; not by the standards of any player on the field, really. He worked hard but with scant return. Few touches where it mattered, even fewer opportunities.
Alexandre Lacazette had scored one; Nicolas Pepe had looked threatening; of Arsenal's forward triumvirate, however, Aubameyang had been quietest. And then, with a split second of pure striker's intuition, he popped up to save the game for Arsenal – because that's what great goalscorers do.
And Aubameyang is a great goalscorer. Meaning he will have disappointing matches and then turn the same game in an instant; meaning he needs one chance to change the narrative; meaning he thinks about football differently to the rest. That's what he did in the 71st minute here.
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