Gab Marcotti

And you are without 12 or 13 first-team players.

That's difficult.

So I don't want to blame Tudor, really.

But where I felt that he missed the trick a bit is you knew... I mean, I arrived at the stadium really early at half-eleven for the game at 4.30pm.

And even then, when it was quiet, they were rehearsing things in the stadium.

You had the people who worked there.

But you knew the atmosphere would be electric.

The Spurs fans hadn't seen their team for 12 days.

It's a new manager.

When the new manager comes, whether you like the appointment of Tudor or not, or his pedigree, the way he plays, it doesn't matter.

There's always a bit of excitement, right?

It's like a new signing.

So you knew, and it's the derby, and it's Arsenal who are on the ropes a little bit, and you're fighting to not go down.

And it was exactly that.

The atmosphere was fantastic.

And yet, the first five minutes, I think the possession for Arsenal is 85% to 15%.

So the atmosphere went straight, Gabby, from, let's say, 150% to 15%.

And then you could see the nerves coming in, not from the Arsenal end or the Arsenal players, but from all the Spurs fans.

And it became quiet.

And that should have actually been a...