Brum result could cost us dear

THERE seemed little point to rushing home after Saturday’s match, as it wasn’t as if the managerless Toon were about to do us a favour in the live broadcast from Old Trafford.

Then again, there was a glimmer of hope that we might retain top spot, when this game reached half-time without any goals. But within five minutes of the re-start, I was heading for the kitchen to eat my way out of a depression, after Man U had struck twice to bag a win that was worth an extra point, both in terms of goal difference and the psychological impact of retaking the lead in the title race, in such an emphatic manner.

I’ve no doubt there are plenty of twists still to come in this season’s contest, but if it’s destined to go all the way to the wire and the Gunners end up only a whisker away from glory, we might well look back on Saturday’s failure to convert our almost total domination of possession against Birmingham into three points as pivotal.