The annoyance on these forums at Mateta is understandable.
Nonetheless, his goalscoring form under Glasner was exceptional.
At one point only Haaland and Salah were ahead of him for goals over the course of a year.
Yes, he misses chances.
Yes, he had a lot of creativity to set up the goals through Eze, Olise and Wharton.
But he still scored a lot of goals.
Looking at it dispassionately, how are we going to replace that?
There's been much talk of his two missed chances yesterday, but little (if any) of Larsen's missed chance after cross from the right where an unmarked Larsen tamely headed the ball at Pickford.
He couldn't have asked for a better cross and heading is supposed to be a strength of Larsen.
Mateta's attitude is symptomatic of the modern professional.
No loyalty to the club, a mercenary attitude in a short career - who's to say any of us would be any different, even if Mateta's reported behaviour isn't great.
The modern professional lives by the 5 rules of business,
'What's in it for me?'