Drowning in the banter-sphere: how can the Premier League rivals handle the heat?

The current season has become a meme-war without end, an endless rolling wall of gloat and taunt in which players and managers must try to block out the noise

ON FIRE: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta speaks to Bukayo Saka. John Walton/PA Wire.

In his new book, Saved, Gianluigi Buffon talks about feeling crushed by nerves even at the peak of his playing career.

The day before the 2006 World Cup final Buffon and Gennaro Gattuso walked past the French squad after training and were immediately sent into a tailspin by their opponents’ intimidating size and athleticism.