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“I remember watching the 2001-02 edition of this match up,” begins Matt Dony, “with a good friend who was an arrogant United fan. (Was there any other type, back then? In fairness, they had much to be arrogant about.) He knew that Arsenal were the superior side at that point, but even so, he was so devastated by Wiltord’s goal that I couldn’t bring myself to laugh at him. That game dominated the week before and after. This week, I’d almost forgotten that it didn’t happen yesterday with most of the other fixtures. I dislike both teams, but it still feels ‘wrong’ to see them struggling so much. They’ve stockholmsyndromed me into wanting to see them both challenging for the title.”
I made the same mistake with Liverpool in 2004-05. The atmosphere at the Champions League semi-final win over Chelsea was so infectious that I was kinda chuffed for them, safe in the knowledge that they had no chance against Milan in the final.
It’s fair to say both teams have had their trousers handed to them, neatly folded, whenever they’ve faced proper opposition this season.
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