There was a moment at Wembley where Manchester City moved the ball to the left of Arsenal's penalty box and it felt like something seen a hundred times before.
Here Riyad Mahrez would glide to effortlessly control the ball, cut inside or dribble past a player and then arrow the ball into the far corner.
Except he didn't - and he won't again; a summer move to Al-Ahli means that Pep Guardiola will have to make do without Mahrez and the team will have to come to terms with replacing him.
In his space, Cole Palmer didn't necessarily do anything wrong but - as has been the feeling with Palmer for the last year - the play just didn't quite have that conviction that makes it unstoppable and his shot was deflected behind for a corner instead.
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