Results, not performances, the key

SITTING in my padded seat in the away end at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday, I allowed myself a daydream with the clock reaching 80 minutes.

I was thinking how brilliantly we’d done to claw our way back into the game from nowhere, unfortunately, at the same time as I drifted off, so too did our back four, and the game was lost.

Truth be told, it was a mixture of luck, resilience and brilliance, that meant we went into the last ten minutes against the league leaders with the scores level. But it was admirable stuff and, as has become the trend for us against the top sides, there was enough to suggest the much feared struggle will not be as tight as some dread.