Arsenal: 4 reasons we absolutely love this team

2. There is a Spirit & Unity Unlike Any Other

Remember when Alexis Sanchez scored away at Crystal Palace in December 2017 and nobody went over to celebrate with him?

Those were dark times.

Across the past few years at the club there have been numerous versions of the squad that have never truly gelled. The days of a Rosicky, Fabregas, Hleb and Flamini bromance were a thing of the past. That all got replaced with Mustafi throwing his hands up in the air trying to blame someone else whenever he fluffed his lines.

Fast forward to present day and you’ve got a summer signing suffering an injury that rules him out of international duty still traveling up to a lunchtime kick-off to support the guy whose place in the team he took. It may seem minor, but Aaron Ramsdale doing that for Bernd Leno and then the entire team huddling around to congratulate is incredibly special.

Just as it is infectious.

That camaraderie transfers over into the supporters. If you watch a team of misfits every week, or players who clearly aren’t enjoying themselves and the company of those around them, it becomes increasingly difficult to be enthusiastic. That attachment is harder to draw.

Winning games obviously helps. That much can’t be ignored. But even if the team aren’t in their best run of form the reaction would now more than likely be one of support as opposed to vitriol and critique.

They’re together, and we’re together, together.

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