Terrace Talk: The unrelenting spirit we’ve been waiting to see

While most Gooners would’ve bitten your hand off for a draw in advance of last week’s encounter, there was no escaping the huge sense of disappointment, coming away from Wembley, having failed to capitalise on such a prime opportunity to silence our increasingly noisy neighbours.

We were fearful too of the possible recriminations of Torreira’s needless last-minute red card and the potentially significant impact of the absence of our Uruguayan pocket-rocket to patrol the middle of the park and snuff out Man United’s rampant goal threat. Even if Torreira has struggled in recent to exert the sort of influence that we witnessed early in the season.