How many times last season did we see this team absolutely dominate the opposition and drop two and sometimes three points?
I’m still absolutely buzzing to be honest. Love the fact that this team has found a way to win in all circumstances. We win beautiful, we win ugly - we win. And if the opposition doesn’t particularly want to play football, the quality of the match is largely on their heads. I really don’t care. What beauty there was in this match came almost entirely from us. Our goal was a thing of beauty, by the way. In a different way, Otamendi’s headed clearance was a thing of beauty. In previous years, I think we would have conceded at that point. But this team is tough. This team refuses to be beaten.
Personally, I wouldn’t criticize any of our players. Not Kun, not Ilkay, not Bernado. Not Gabi Jesus. They all ran their socks off, they all tried different things. You try getting past a team that has all eleven players not merely in its own half, but often in its own box. You just try it.
A great team performance. We march on.
Rag fan in the pub where I watched it said at the end that he couldn’t see anyone getting near us, and that we would go the season without being beaten. Of course, I wasn’t having it, not publicly, at any rate. But even if I can scarcely admit it to myself, I am starting, faintly, to believe that this thing is possible.