Arsenal should celebrate. If there's one learning to be taken from the days between Saturday's victory over Fulham and Tuesday’s against Atletico Madrid – it’s that vibes are paramount.
For the majority of this season, Arsenal have been top of the table, soundtracked by endless talk of a quadruple or non-quadruple, unable to move for bottle memes. The sporting evidence would suggest it's been fantastic, but it's felt so hard.
I begrudgingly watched the Manchester City fans and players love every moment of their league cup victory as I shuffled out of Wembley. For a while after that, they seemed totally infallible, a giant blue behemoth blocking out the light. The importance of winning – of good feeling, particularly as energy fades – cannot be overstated.
I will never forget the Arsenal players streaming on to the pitch, Freed From Desire booming out around the ground. I'll never forget the fans drowning out Martin Keown before kick-off – sorry, Martin, but I'm proud of how loud we were.
It wasn't stage-managed, it was just joy – so hard to come by, but so simple.
Mikel Arteta has been searching for that sensation. On Tuesday, North London Forever suddenly lost its hackneyed ring and became a rousing anthem.
It's like the whole of the club and fanbase finally realised the sporting power of pure support.
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