With the eyes of the world on the match on Monday night, and most viewers rooting for the Baggies, they delivered a good performance, in the second half at least, and in the process pretty much handed the title to Leicester City.
A few weeks ago, Albion were in with a shout of reaching 50 points in a Premier League season for the first time, but after three successive defeats, that now seems impossible with ten points needed from the last four games.
The 50-year wait for a league double over Arsenal goes on.
The Baggies visit the Emirates on Thursday evening seeking their first league double over Arsenal for more than half a century. This match is the first of back-to-back games against the two North London giants with Albion facing Spurs at White Hart Lane just four days later.
After losing two home games against sides below them in the table, the odds of Albion securing a record points total are looking somewhat more remote.
Quique Sánchez Flores brings his Watford team to the Hawthorns on Saturday for the first ever Premier League meeting between the sides at the Hawthorns. The Hornets have impressed in the top flight this season, but their league results have dipped recently and they are currently on a run of six games without a win.