There is a fair sense of antipathy toward the final round of Europa League group stage matches tonight.
With Sam Allardyce not travelling to Cyprus to see a young Everton side pick up their first win of the group, Arsenal fans have similarly displayed their indifference toward match-day 6 - albeit for different reasons.
Having already qualified top of their group before the visit of BATE Borisov this evening, the Emirates stadium was looking particularly desolate.
Being almost able to count the number of spectators on two hands, Ian Darke was not ruling out the possibility that it could be the lowest attendance in the stadium's 11 year history
Something of a dead-rubber then, there seemed to be far more fans watching from home.
If Arsenal play a dead rubber in the #EuropaLeague and no one sees it, does it actually exist? #ARS
— Stanley (@StanleyTiger) December 7, 2017
#Arsenal attendance ....51 and 1/2
— Tony Winter (@stunard_) December 7, 2017
That attendance at the Emirates though... #Arsenal #AFCvBATE
— Eric Arsenal (@EricArsenal) December 7, 2017
Why’re people complaining at @Arsenal attendance? Would you play £60+ to watch your b team play a team no one knows on a zero degree Thursday night?#AFC #EuropaLeaugue
— Ryan Dimmick (@dimmick_ryan) December 7, 2017
Teams are here, just waiting for the @Arsenal fans 🙈 pic.twitter.com/oy0FLUseh5
— Ian Abrahams (Moose) (@BroadcastMoose) December 7, 2017
Only about one third of the seats at the Emirates appear to be filled at kick-off. Not surprising, though, given nothing is at stake for Arsenal. #AFCvBATE
— Mattias Karén (@MattiasKaren) December 7, 2017
There’s more people down the local Wetherspoons than there is at The Emirates tonight!
— Free Super Tips (@FootySuperTips) December 7, 2017
Those Arsenal fans who did stay away from the Emirates missed something of a rare event however - Mathieu Debuchy opening the scoring with a thunderbolt of an effort.
