A Feeling Like Home by Haleigh Wenger6/25/2023 It goes to extra time and, finally, agonisingly, the decisive moment arrives in the 119th minute. As the television cameras pan to the away end, you can see the anguish on thousands of faces.Īnd then, six days on from that cup final, we are back at the Emirates and, for Arsenal, another night of searing disappointment.Īrsenal are now taking on German visitors Wolfsburg for a place in the Women’s Champions League final. Ben White, the Arsenal defender, is having to be pulled away from City’s Phil Foden. It is the biggest night of the 2022-23 Premier League season and, as Manchester City celebrate their victory, there is the unmistakable sense they have blown a gaping hole in Arsenal’s title chances.Įderson, City’s goalkeeper, can be seen making cry-baby gestures towards the corner of the stadium where the travelling Arsenal fans are congregated. This time, it is in front of a worldwide television audience of millions. The following night, it is the turn of the men’s first team… and another grievous setback. You cannot tell exactly what is being said, but you know the gist of it: suck it up, accept it, come back stronger… and you know, in these precise moments, that there are not really words to make it feel any better. Arsenal have just lost the FA Youth Cup final at the start of a seven-day stretch that will go a long way to determining whether the club, as a whole, can reflect on a season with a happy ending.Ī member of backroom staff intercepts defender Rosiak as he makes his way, face hidden, towards the tunnel.
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