I was at the game and it was glorious
I went to the ‘London Stadium’ to watch West Ham vs United. The last time I’d seen this fixture I left 10 minutes early because United were a disgrace. Today was a bit of a different experience. West Ham went 1-0 up, then we equalised and then Lingard put us in front with 5 minutes to go and should’ve been it.
Should’ve… in the last minute there was a problem. Luke Shaw handballed it and gave away a penalty. A penalty that was obvious from the cheap seats where I found myself and a penalty that was a sad inevitability the second VAR intervened. Now, there’s two facts at play here. Fact number 1 is that it was obviously a penalty. Fact number 2 is that David de Gea doesn’t save penalties so it was basically a goal. To add insult to injury Moyes decided to make a sub. He decided to sub on their penalty take and ‘Mr West Ham’ Mark Noble to take the pen. Who ran onto the pitch with his chest out, looking like a proud pigeon, and obviously looking forward to his moment of glory. The moment he saves a point for West Ham.
And then something amazing happened. David de Gea saved a penalty kick. The last time this happened.. Cameron was Prime Minister, Obama was President and the Brexit referendum was yet to happen. Thus sealing us a vital win and sending me into a forcibly introverted meltdown as I was in the West Ham stands.
It was fantastic. COME ON.