COMMENT: It was a first for Emirates. A first for the full house. Something no fan at Arsenal's home stadium had ever seen before...
On the touchline. Well into their showdown with Liverpool. Unai Emery, the Gunners manager, was going du-lally. A goal? No. A poor ref call? Nah. It was a tackle. A ball n' all challenge from Granit Xhaka on a rampaging Mo Salah. As the linesman signaled for a corner, we all looked back at Emery and saw him punching the air. Celebrating Xhaka's effort as passionately as he would Alexandre Lacazette's equaliser later in the game. No-one had seen the like of it. In it's 12-year existence, the home dugout of the Emirates had never witnessed it's manager celebrate a tackle - until now...
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