The manager’s face when embracing Aaron Ramsdale, who will know he should have done better before United’s second. Mohamed Elneny, who wasn’t even in the squad, having a big hug with Arteta then giving us a big ‘EEEDIIIIEE!!” as the two-goal striker made his way to the dressing room. Gabriel Jesus pitch-side to give props to Eddie Nketiah, the man who has taken his place since he got injured. If you’re at home, you’re watching to see the interactions.Īfter United there were lovely moments. If you’re in the stadium you stay there to watch the players, to enjoy those minutes of communion with the other fans. When you win though, you feel like you want to be part of the celebrations. If you lose and only some of the players take a moment to acknowledge the fans, there can be a bit of push-back. The thing is, whatever happens in a game, there’s always a bit of focus on this bit. I re-watched the final few minutes, because when you’re doing a live blog and putting the finishing touches to a match report at the same time, you don’t really get to soak it all in as it’s happening. I looked up commentary that I might be able to remix for the Arsecast Extra intro.

By that I mean an important win, or even a difficult loss.Īfter the Man Utd win on Sunday, I was foostering around watching post-game stuff like I’m sure pretty much everyone else did.

Very often, I will wake up in the morning and the first thing that I think of is the opening line for the blog – particularly when it’s a big day. As you might expect, given my line of work and what I do, random Arsenal thoughts pop into my head on a regular basis.

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