“For the third time in eight games this season, Arsenal had to navigate a large chunk of a Premier League match with 10 men — but for the first time it cost them as their unbeaten start to the campaign came to an end at Bournemouth. William Saliba’s 30th-minute dismissal — given after a VAR review — for bringing down striker Evanilson meant Mikel Arteta had to adapt his game plan, something he had to do in draws with 10 men against Brighton & Hove Albion on the opening day and Manchester City last month. This time, though, the outcome was very different. …”
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“Walking through the streets of Barcelona, there’s a common slogan you are bound to spot among the graffiti around the city: ‘Barca o mort’ (Barca or death, in Catalan). For some of Barca’s most fervent fans there is an almost religious bond with the club. Almost 5,000 kilometres away on the west coast of Africa, a similar expression reflects a very different reality. In Senegal, it is ‘Barca ou Barzakh’. Barzakh is an Arabic word that literally means ‘isthmus’. In Islam, it describes a stage of the afterlife where souls rest until judgement day. The phrase is like a rallying cry. It is an expression of solidarity, of shared hope before a voyage towards peril, leaving peril behind. Reach Barcelona, or die trying. …”
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