On a day of farewells in the Black Country – with Roy Hodgson taking his final match as West Bromwich's head coach before assuming the England reins and Pat Rice serving as Arsène Wenger's No 2 for the last time – Arsenal might well have been waving goodbye to the Champions League proper until Laurent Koscielny exploited the third of three grave errors by goalkeeper Marton Fulop.

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