9.52pm GMT A last-minute chance for Betis, as Ruben Castro is bundled over as he makes for the Sevilla box.
But after those first three minutes, chances of survival drop seven to ten percent for every minute of delay.
This is a fresh 80 minutes, another chance for a historic victory.
If you stand on the sidewalk for a minute, chances are good that several 15-foot vans, unmarked vehicles with black-tinted windows, will career down the one-way street.
There is the remote possibility of a true "black swan" event, like a national-security crisis or a major scandal unfolding at the last minute, but the chance for news events to affect the campaign is now greatly diminished.
Arsenal's injury problems have precluded Wenger from resting Sánchez but the Chilean was making light of his heavy workload and a brilliant run in the 53rd minute created a chance for Kieran Gibbs.
Silvestre's cross in the 28th minute fashioned a chance for Giggs, though Arsenal's defence prevented him from getting a shot.
Leigh Griffiths, for example, should have done better with a 42nd-minute chance.
Fraser Forster had palmed away a Raheem Sterling shot after Iheanacho had outmanoeuvred Virgil van Dijk on the touchline but Southampton were into their stride early on and within eight minutes of that chance for Sterling, City were two down and blue shirts in defence wore vacant stares.
Diego Godín and Jackson Martínez, who replaced the out-of-sorts Torres just after 60 minutes, had chances for the Spanish club, while Yannick Carrasco hit the crossbar.
A bill that included Mark Ronson filled in at the last minute for Chance at the $150 per ticket show.
