We had 24 shots on goal, of which 15 came after half-time as we strove to win the game. Pedro had a game-high six attempts and our other scorers, Alvaro Morata and Marcos Alonso, had three apiece.

Just three of Arsenal’s 15 attempts overall came in the second half. Maurizio Sarri identified minutes 30 to 45 as being the problematic ones for his side and in that time Arsenal had eight shots, scoring twice.

We had a 62.3 per cent share of possession over the 90 minutes. Aside from our 2-0 win over Arsenal in September 2015, when they were reduced to nine men, that is the highest possession figure we have recorded against the Gunners since records began in 2006.

No player had more touches of the ball on Saturday than Jorginho, who recorded 105.

Despite only being on the pitch for the final half-hour, debutant Mateo Kovacic, with 54, had the most touches in the second half. He also played the second highest number of accurate passes after the interval, successful with 42 of his 43 passes.