Oh yeah, victory can produce some choice language as well
I was politely ejected from Healy Mac's (Kuala Lumpur's premier Irish pub) at the conclusion of the Cup Final win over Hull. Among the incriminating comments was 'have some of that, you Chelsea c**t', to some Chelsea fan who had been giving me some stick at 2-0 down. To be fair, the Chelsea fan took it pretty well and thought it was funny. The owners, less so
And we're not winning
It might be the slow accumulation. 5 or 6 obvious yellow cards ignored, two yellows for one of ours on the 'letter of the law'.
Remember Rodri escaping 3 or 4 times at the Emirates and eventually getting booked for taking his shirt off after scoring the injury time winner. And the travesty of ignoring that second yellow for Kovacic this season.
That's how a ref influences a game. Not with the big decisions that VAR can overturn, but by stealth. At Anfield, Rodri was booked for a poor challenge. On three subsequent occasions he had to avoid dragging someone down and preventing a break because he was on a yellow. Against us he can do it all day. Slowly, it makes a huge difference in a game.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."