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1230 kick-offs aren’t football man’s best friend, are they (man in the all-encompassing sense that includes women, like, biblical writing style)? Combined with the potency of being the first game back after a three-week hiatus, it was perhaps always going to be a tough afternoon of football for the fans that were drinking 11 am pints (and mimosas) to force the mood at The Emirates.
Arsenal aren’t quite at the phase of the era where we have ‘beat them on the bus’ aura. My take is that the league is really good these days and clubs like Leeds are more ambitious than smaller teams of yesteryear. The approach to playing Arsenal right now seems to be, fuck it, go down fighting, see what happens; it’s a free hit.