Arsenal dispensed with the services of Unai Emery on Friday morning, with Freddie Ljungberg taking charge on an interim basis.
Emery was under increasing pressure following a torrid run of form - Arsenal are without a win in seven games in all competitions and have not won a Premier League match since October 6.
But looking deeper at the stats under Emery makes for damning reading for the Spaniard, and proves why it was time for him to go. Sportsmail takes a closer look...
RECENT RUN
With pressure already sky-high following Arsenal's failure to qualify for the Champions League last year, Emery had to get off to a good start this season.
After a patchy opening three months which included defeats to Liverpool and Sheffield United, the month of November was truly disastrous for the former Arsenal boss.
Arsenal have not won since a 3-2 win against Vitoria SC in the Europa League on October 24, and even that victory was courtesy of two late Nicolas Pepe free-kicks.
Since then, they have drawn five and lost two in all competitions, and it is their worst winless run since February 1992 under George Graham.
What was particularly striking was that throughout a total of 1,235 matches in charge, Arsene Wenger never suffered a winless run as long as seven games.
Specifically in the Premier League, Arsenal will have not won a Premier League game in 56 days when they take on Norwich on Sunday - they last claimed three points domestically with a 1-0 win against Bournemouth at the beginning of October.
That'll be their longest wait in days since 1994, which was also 56 days.
Thursday's home defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt, in front of a sparse crowd at the Emirates Stadium, capped off one of the worst months in the club's history.
AWAY RECORD
While Emery's Premier League home record stands respectably behind Liverpool and Manchester City only since he took charge, his away record couldn't be more contrasting.
Since August 2018, Arsenal have won just eight of their 25 Premier League away games, and have lost 11 in total, keeping just two clean sheets.
Their goal difference overall stands at -8, and the form table would place them in ninth place for away points alone.
Recently, a sloppy defeat away to Sheffield United ramped up the pressure on Emery, while a defeat to second-place Leicester before the international break was a sign of just how far Arsenal had fallen compared to Brendan Rodgers' resurgent Foxes.
COMPARISON TO ARSENE WENGER
Given the huge clamour amongst the majority of Arsenal's fanbase for long-term manager Arsene Wenger to depart by the time he left in May 2018, amidst a decline in form during his final years in charge, analysing Emery's form in comparison is staggering.
In his 51 Premier League games, compared to Wenger's final 51 games, Emery's record in terms of points - 88 - is exactly the same as his predecessor.
While Wenger lost 17 league games during his final spell at the club, four more than Emery, the Frenchman won two more games - 27 - in those 51 matches than Emery.
Furthermore in terms of in-game statistics, Wenger's side scored more goals, had more shots and faced less shots than Emery's side.
MIND THE GAP
Emery was brought into the club in the summer of 2018 to bring back the glory days to Arsenal - and narrowing the gap to Manchester City.
Since then though, the gap has only got bigger to City and current Premier League leaders Liverpool.
This season in particular, Arsenal are a total of 19 points behind leaders Liverpool, after just over a third of the season played.
They have 18 points in total, placing them in eighth, but Liverpool's near-faultless start (the Reds have dropped just two points thus far) means it is Arsenal's biggest gap to the league leaders after 13 games in the club's history.
These statistics exemplify Emery's poor run as Arsenal manager, and in many ways justifies the fans anger with the Spaniard.
That couldn't have been made clearer during Emery's final match, where many fans did not bother to turn up for the 2-1 defeat against Eintracht Frankfurt at the Emirates.
Freddie Ljungberg, who was part of Emery's backroom staff, now comes in to steady the ship and starts with a trip to Norwich on Sunday.
The statistics show that the 2004 invincible has a hell of a job on to turn things around at the Emirates.