Will Slattery
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Much jeopardy in the game.
Yeah, you seemed to enjoy the first half more than I did.
It kind of is.
I actually feel like the negativity around Arsenal has probably unfairly clouded the reaction to the game.
They haven't been in the Champions League final since 06, only their second ever.
That is a big achievement.
I know Atletico aren't maybe the big beast of the tournament.
If they get to the final, they're playing one of them in the final, whoever that comes out of tonight.
That is worthy of marking in a meaningful celebratory way, I think.
The celebration police are out.
Because it was big.
It was a big kind of outpouring of emotion and euphoria.
But I'm like, is that not warranted?
Like when Liverpool overcame, say, Chelsea in 05, when it would have been the first time they would have been in a European final in 20 years.
Jesus, it was huge celebrations at Anfield.
It felt like a parade almost.
So I feel like people are being a little harsh on that point.
I think they would have won that anyway to be fair.
And it's become a very populist thing to knock the celebrations.
You know, anyone celebrates a little too much, it's become very...