KING KAI AT THE GOALS AGAIN!
My first game back at The Emirates since I paid £400 to see us beat Manchester United.
What a great evening!
One of the reasons I took a job in the midwest to work on a new football club was having the chance to impact the experience of people who will grow up with football their whole life. When you return to the experience that pock-marked your upbringing with all sorts of impactful memories and moments, it’s special. You’re back where you were 8 years ago when you were season ticket holding. There is literally nothing better than being a season ticketholder at Arsenal. Nothing.
I wasn’t sure how the game would go. We boast a particularly moldy record against Brighton. They are mini-us and they seem to relish playing against their richer brethren. Well, not last night.
It was a brutal display of JdP football from Mikel Arteta from arguably his strongest side – and can I say it" A very peak-Arsene-Wenger-frustrating-evenining. I mean that as a complement. We absolutely battered Brighton for the whole game. 26 attempts at goal, 9 hitting the target… and in the end, it felt like Brighton could have escaped with a point after a mini-flurry at the end. Very Charlton circ-2004ish.
It wasn’t to be. Eddie Nketiah came on and combined with Kai Havertz to make the difference. His slick reverse pass into his run ended with the German poking the ball under the keeper for a BIG GAME winner.
I’ll talk about our first goal now because i...
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