It pains me to write this, but for the first time in about 8 years Arsenal have been beaten by Spurs. What is worse is that the defeat has been comprehensively administered. We are not used to this, we don’t get beaten 5-1, but that is the score tonight. Arsenal and spurs are arch rivals and fans of the two teams actually claim to hate each other. I became a fan of Arsenal as a young girl mainly because my dad and brothers supported Spurs who were actually our more local team. I have stayed loyal as have they to their team. Generally I have had a better deal out of this arrangement, Arsenal have won trophies; lots of them, Spurs have rarely done so. We are not used to this kind of humiliation and any minute now I fully expect a text or worse a phone call from my darling younger brother to rub it in.

Losing is one thing, to know your team deserved to lose as they were rubbish is another. Nothing else can be said on the matter!