Arsenal's season is over, and on the day the women's side will lift the Champions League trophy at the Emirates Stadium, Mikel Arteta is working out what went wrong and why exactly his team failed to lift any silverware of their own. While ending the season with a win, the goals did not come easily, and both perhaps told stories of their own - as did the one they conceded.
Starting with the first, Kieran Tierney, a man whose time at the club is coming to a close: he scored a goal we have perhaps never seen before from him. A near-post run and a deft finish from the Scotsman which sent the away fans into raptures.
There is not much to celebrate this season from the men's side, but that little gift to round off his time at the club was excellent. After the game, Arteta sent a heartfelt message to him, saying the club will indeed leave the door open to him always and revealed that the left-back made quite the prediction before his final fixture.
"He said it yesterday: 'I'm going to score in my last Arsenal match', and he's done it," Arteta said. "So credit to him.
"A special thank you to him. He's been part of this journey, and he's won with me. It's true that he went to Sociedad for a few months, but it's been a joy to work with him.
"A really special character, and we wish him and his family all the very best. The doors of this club are open for him. He's someone very, very liked at the club, in the dressing room, and we want to wish him the best."
No one will be shocked to hear that the equaliser came from a set piece as Ross Stewart rose highest to find a header past David Raya. On replays, Ethan Nwaneri was shown to be the man marking the giant; therefore, there appears already to be an explanation for what happened.
Quite the astounding statistic emerged afterwards: in the Premier League, 43% of all the goals Arsenal have conceded from set pieces have come after Gabriel Magalhaes tore his hamstring. It's worth noting, Kai Havertz was not on the field for any of them either, and the German is known for his presence in both boxes.
The winning goal from Martin Odegaard could be a whole story in itself. There has been so much talk of whether the skipper should be shooting more from outside the box; even questions of whether he actually can, following the ankle injury suffered earlier in the season.
But in the last two away matches for Arsenal, Odegaard’s two long shots have led to goals. The first at Anfield which Alisson rebounded into Mikel Merino's path for the equaliser, and now this one at St Mary's winning the side the game.
It has been a horrid season for what are really high standards and expectations around Odegaard. He has still produced goals and assists, but the output has certainly suffered as a result; the hope is that these little glimmers might show a positive sign for the next season.
Speaking of which, naturally, the Arsenal manager was asked about the summer and the firepower needed. football.london put it to Arteta that it had been around 100 years since the club had not had a league scorer in double digits.
"In order to achieve that, a lot of things have to happen," Arteta responded. "The team has to provide, that player has to play a certain amount of minutes and games.
"Believe me, we are on it. We will try to squeeze, and think, and turn every stone that we possibly can to make this club even more successful.
"But I think what these boys have done, the team has done, regarding everything that has happened, I repeat myself, I think this deserves a lot of credit."
The message in big games this season has been: 'Make it happen!' The club has run with it; Arteta used it in his post-game speech to the home fans after the final home game, and has even been seen emblazoned on fan tifos.
Now the club needs to 'make it happen' in the market, and discussions with the club's hierarchy are planned. Josh Kroenke was in attendance on the south coast, having flown in the day after handing winners' medals to the women's team in Lisbon.
Arteta is due to sit down with sporting director Andrea Berta as the talk of signings now rises exponentially. Viktor Gyokeres or Benjamin Sesko is the question, and now it is a matter of time until we know which, if either of them, will be the answer.