Football is about winning, about trophies, about fans having their day out at Wembley or at finals across in Europe. For Arsenal fans of recent vintages, their memories are shaped by Michael Thomas sealing that “it’s up for grabs now” title moment at Anfield in 1989 or Alan Smith striking that elegant Cup Winners’ Cup winner in 1994. They do not talk about the game when Champions League qualification was secured. They reminisce joyously about titles, about Tony Adams beating Everton’s keeper Thomas Myhre in the 1998 title-winning victory or the indomitable drive of Patrick Vieira and finishing of Thierry Henry in the era of the Invincibles.