The second half settled into a rhythm that suited Arsenal far more than Milan.
The ball kept finding its way to Izan's feet, and every time it did, the stadium rose with the same expectation.
He drifted across the front line, sometimes wide, sometimes deep, always in places where the defenders didn't want him.
Milan tried to step up on him early, but that didn't help their case.
In the fifty-second minute, he received a pass from Zubimendi under pressure, barely inside the Milan half.
Pulisic, drifting inwardly, stuck a foot out to snatch the ball from Izan's feet, but by the time the latter turned, the ball was no longer with him, as he had flicked it inwardly to Rice before running off and receiving the ball in space.
"Exquisite touch from Izan to get away," the commentator said, almost laughing from the sheer fluidity with which Izan was playing the game.
