It took 33 minutes for Arsenal to prove they were everything Liverpool weren't. Overlooking the Sydney Harbour, the leaders of Arsenal showed how an exhibition match can be conducted with decorum.

They brought gifts, their chief executive made an impromptu speech, their coach Arsene Wenger spoke as candidly as he could about the transfer rumours consuming world sport and all were flanked by three first-team regulars. They arrived from London four hours earlier and were conducting formalities with world football's minnows, but there didn't seem to be a clock-watcher among them.

Their first public appearance was the pinnacle of 18 months of promotion for their first tour of Australia in more than 40 years, one that brandished the logos of Western Sydney Wanderers and Sydney FC in front of an unprecedented global audience.

It was in stark contrast to the most recent tour of a high-profile European club. In late May, Liverpool arrived on the morning of their match against Sydney FC. Their fourth tour in as many years was hastily arranged, offered no public appearances, no community engagement with their first team, sent out long-retired players as their only promotion for a fly-in, fly-out, pay-day.