A staggering miss from Gabriel, that. It was harder not to score than score, really.

Leif Davis goes into the book for a blunt challenge on Martin Odegaard, who may need a bit of treatment after being caught on the ankle.

More like it from Arsenal, perhaps resetting after a lull. Kai Havertz draws a corner after a nice passing move down the left.

And how has Gabriel missed? Another of those outstanding routines sends the centre-back loooping free around the back and when his forehead connects with the ball he can’t be more than two yards out. Somehow, though, he heads wide, and to the side of his dome his hands rise in disbelief.

Arsenal risk letting their grasp on this game slip here. A careless moment in midfield allows Ipswich to come forward again through Omari Hutchinson, forcing Gabriel into some prompt, muscular and mean work to shepherd the ball behind.

Hutchinson has been lively at times.

Not with that, though - Leif Davis fails to beat the first man.

A lovely free kicks from Kalvin Phillips is headed behind by Declan Rice. Ipswich’s first corner of the match. They can be a threat from set pieces, much like their hosts.

Liam Delap and Myles Lewis-Skelly engage in a bit of pushing and shoving, two confident young men going back and forth as the Ipswich striker shows a bit of frustration and the Arsenal left-back gives not an inch. Delap will be hoping for that one chance that his teammates have thus far been unable to create - but while it remains 1-0, the visitors are a threat.

Well, not much, as it happens. Martin Odegaard finds the midriff of Dara O’Shea in the wall.

Kai Havertz is booked soon after for ending an Ipswich counter-attack with a tug of the shirt.

The pressure is building on Ipswich. Declan Rice surges between a couple of would-be tacklers before being felled by Kalvin Phillips just short of the edge of the Ipswich box. A lovely position for a left-footer, this - though perhaps slightly too close to goal. What can Martin Odegaard and co. conjure?

Leandro Trossard is next to rattle the limbs of an Ipswich blocker.

Martin Odegaard drives into the Ipswich box and releases a shot, though Jacob Greaves slides across to block well.