It was a phone call the following day that informed me of Dennis Bergkamp’s missed penalty and Ryan Giggs’s mazy run in the 1999 FA Cup semi-final replay. Ceefax relayed the news of a championship-ending 2-2 draw at Bolton in 2003. While in 2011, the BBC Sport live blog delivered confirmation that, when it came to Arsenal, 4-0 was the most dangerous lead. Each hurt differently, but absolutely.
So it is disconcerting that Arsenal’s recent calamities — throwing away 2-0 leads in their last two matches to essentially set fire to their title ambitions — have not crushed me. To be clear, this is not evidence of my maturity or personal growth. This is what Man City do.
