Arsenal fan Piers Morgan couldn’t disguise his surprise after the Gunners sealed a 2-0 triumph over AC Milan in the Europa League round of 16, first leg on Thursday night.
The north London club had come through a lean run of patch, which had seen them lose four games in all competitions.
The losing streak started with a shocking 2-1 defeat to Ostersund which was followed up with back-to-back 3-0 losses against Manchester City in the League Cup final and Premier League.
Last weekend saw the Gunners succumbed to another 2-1 loss to Brighton on the road, and Morgan was among the many supporters, who had called Arsene Wenger to be dismissed.
However, the Frenchman managed to find uplift the morale within the squad as they came up with one of their strongest away performances of the campaign.
The Rossoneri were not at their clinical best in the attacking department, but much of it has to do to the Gunners, who restricted them to shots, mostly from outside the box.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan opened the scoring in the 15th minute after a lovely assist from Mesut Ozil, and the German World Cup winner teed up Aaron Ramsey for the second, prior to the break.
Thereafter, the north London side decided to hold onto their handy lead, but Danny Welbeck did have the opportunity to extend the scoreline further.
The victory keeps the Gunners in a good stead ahead of their home outing against Watford this weekend, where they can seek to return to winning ways in the top-flight.
Arsenal have dropped 13 points behind Tottenham Hotspur in the pursuit of Champions League football, but they are still plenty of positives to work upon, ahead of the return leg versus the Rossoneri, where they need to get the job done.
Bloody hell… 2 up in the San Siro. #afc
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 8, 2018
