That quadruple talk feels a long time ago for Arsenal.
When the business end of the season has arrived, and the trophies have started to be dished out, the Gunners have gone missing.
First a fortnight ago in the Carabao Cup final and now here, a 2-1 defeat to Southampton in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
The Championship side deserved their win, that in itself a major worry. Arsenal were again full of individual errors and lethargy. In a raucous atmosphere they did not stand up to the test.
Viktor Gyokeres came off the bench to cancel out Ross Stewart's first-half strike, but Shea Charles sparked bedlam at St Mary's with five minutes remaining.
Arsenal left needing another reset
If Arsenal are going to end their six-year trophy drought this season, they are going to have to do it the hard way.
There will be no domestic cup to lift at Wembley, silverware that would have eased the pressure in the pursuit of the bigger prizes.
Premier League defeats to Liverpool, Aston Villa and Manchester United this season have been followed by long unbeaten runs to steady the situation, but there was none of that this time.
Losing two games on the bounce for the first time now threatens to derails Arsenal's season and there are worrying signs.
Ben White was caught under the ball here for Southampton's opener, Cristhian Mosquera had several sloppy moments on the ball, and even Gabriel was misjudging headers.
Confidence appears to be low just as the pressure is cranked up to new highs. With Manchester City seemingly hitting top form at the perfect time, it is only going to get more intense from here for the Gunners.
The international break was supposed to be Arsenal's big reset. Now they are left immediately needing another one.
Confident Gyokeres a rare positive
Much was made of all the Arsenal players who did not feature on international duty, but Gyokeres was one who did and came back in buoyant mood as a result.
His four goals in two matches fired Sweden to the World Cup and he carried that form into an Arsenal shirt.
Gabriel Jesus was completely ineffective in his hour on the pitch and with Arsenal out of the FA Cup, there is every chance he has played his final minutes of the season.
it took Gyokeres just seven minutes to show the difference having a presence up front can make.
His movement was sharp to be picked out by Kai Havertz - who looked much dangerous after Gyokeres came on - and the Swede's finish was a confident one to equalise.
With the focus now swiftly turning to the Champions League and Premier League, Arsenal need Gyokeres to remain in the mood for the next couple of months.
Arsenal a defensive mess
So this is what Arsenal's midfield looks like without Declan Rice and Martin Zubimendi.
If Mikel Arteta was reluctant to line up without the pair before this, no amount of niggles or knocks will stop him doing so in the upcoming matches.
It would be unfair to solely blame Christian Norgaard for how alarmingly open Arsenal were. Havertz and Martin Odegaard offered him no support and there was no defensive shape at all whenever Southampton counter, even if Norgaard’s lack of athleticism compared to Rice, for example, was glaringly obvious.
Within ten minutes, Arteta had already three times frantically waved his players back to stop a break. This was as open as you will see an Arsenal game and the red shirts were unusually slack in tracking back.
Southampton's goal came from a poor Odegaard backheel allowing them to break, but that error came near enough by the penalty box. They should not have been able to drive forward so easily.
White then badly misjudged the cross but the goal was no surprise with how poor Arsenal's structure had been out of possession all half.
There was more of that after half-time too and Arsenal were a mess defensively when Southampton came forward and Charles found space to win it.
A disjointed display could be forgiven with a much-changed side but the basics were not good enough from the Gunners.
