"Lightning start from Atalanta!" Fletcher's voice rang.
"The half's barely thirty seconds old and they've already gone and equalized!"
The noise was thunderous—an avalanche of celebration rolling across the pitch.
Arsenal players looked stunned.
Saka stood still at the halfway line, blinking.
Arteta clenched his fists on the sidelines, glancing at Gian Gasperini on the touchline.
But then—
A sharp whistle. A pause in the pandemonium.
The referee pressed two fingers to his earpiece and raised a hand.
The celebrations slowed. Players turned.
VAR check: Possible foul in the build-up.
Groans stirred in the stands like an approaching storm cloud.
On the big screen, the words "CHECKING GOAL – POSSIBLE FOUL" flashed in white over a red background.
"What's this?" Fletcher said again, his tone suddenly on edge.
"Hold on… they're going back to look at something in the build-up."
The replay began.
And there it was.
