It was by the contestant Susan on Britain’s Got Talent!
When he joined in the celebrations led by Arsenal strikers Theo Walcott and Emmanuel Adebayor, with a polished penalty by Robin van Persie, each scoring a goal against Villarreal yesterday, the rest of the punters at the pub joined in – even if they, like Wenger, had two left feet!
His performance, along with the rest of the Arsenal team, reminded me of the Will Smith video Getting Jiggy With It - without its slickness!
Like the Arsenal manager, the crowd in the pub simply didn’t care about the style of their dancing, as the result has put this magnificent team in the next stage of the Champions League.
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I decided to go to Harlesden, instead of Wembley, to watch Arsenal and Manchester United play.
I’m glad to say I made the right decision, as two public houses were showing both matches - that were right next to each other!
Furthermore, Harlesden, yes in the north-west ten area of London, has a strong Portuguese community, who quickly corrected me that Porto is in northern Portugal – sorry for my earlier mistake of saying it was in the mid-west.
I kept running in between pubs before settling for the one that showed the Man U game, simply because the atmosphere in that one was electric!
You see, the Portuguese crowd had divided loyalties; such is the case when the country – or a team – from England, is playing against another team or national side, from your mother or father country.
For instance, a few years ago, the England football team played against Cameroon in the World Cup.
It was hard for many individuals of West African descent to decide which team to support.
The same goes for cricket.
When England is playing against the West Indies, many of Caribbean origin are also torn, as to who to support.
So when Man U played against Porto yesterday, loyalties in the Portuguese camp, were bound to be tested.
When the ball was passed to Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani, who came on as a substitute for Dimitar Berbatov – who on occasions did drift out of the game – the Portuguese punters, who dominated one pub, either cheered or booed these two footballers.
When Mr Ronaldo scored for United in the sixth minute – which was from under 40 yards and at a speed of more than 64 miles per hour – there were both cries of joy and laughter from some as well as yells of shame and Judas from others for Cristiano, who displayed why he’s the Fifa World Player of the Year.
Man U certainly seemed sure of themselves in defence, whereas Porto FC, despite their strong reputation as a formidable team, seemed to lack self-belief on this crucial evening.
So congratulations to both victors, Arsenal and Manchester United, on their success; who will probably face each other in the next leg – the semi-finals - of the UEFA Champions League
The managers of these two fine English clubs have crossed verbal and mental swords before, so it will be just as thrilling to see which club goes onto the final.
Sir Alex Ferguson for Man U will hope it’s onwards and upwards for his team but if they are playing against Arsenal, Wenger will definitely have something to say about that!
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