After the UEFA Champions League draw ceremony concluded, Li Yufei retained his European Player of the Year title and completed an unprecedented fourth consecutive Golden Boot triumph.
The 2014-2015 Football World season schedule seamlessly picked up again, and a wave of relentless fixtures came crashing in.
For Arsenal, who possessed Europe's most elite squad and had the depth to compete on all four fronts, the brief celebration of glory was merely a small embellishment on their dynastic journey.
Constant domination on the pitch and a rampant winning streak were the norm for this invincible side.
Since the start of the new season, the Gunners had been unstoppable.
They had won all three of their opening Premier League matches, scoring ten goals in the process and sitting firmly atop the table with unmatched dominance.
Li Yufei was also in red-hot form, scoring in consecutive matches and leading the Premier League Top Scorers List with six goals, declaring his full-blooded return to his peak.
After the UEFA Champions League draw and his coronation with individual honors in European Football, Arsenal immediately returned to domestic action and began another round of harvesting victories.
First up was the opening round of the England League Cup.
Arsenal faced an amateur team from England's sixth tier away from home, and the disparity in Squad Depth, player talent, match experience, and professional level between the two sides was as vast as heaven and earth.
With rotation and recovery in mind, Wenger made sweeping changes to the starting lineup, fielding several academy prospects and reserve players.
Li Yufei, Suarez, Kroos, Neuer, and the rest of the core starters were all rested.
Even so, the gap in raw strength between the two teams remained despairingly enormous.
The entire match became an Arsenal attacking and defensive drill in the opposing