Reiss Lightning: A special Gunners moment

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Hero of the hour: Reiss Nelson is mobbed by his teammates

"What have we just done?” It’s a Saturday evening in London in March 2023. I’m on a groupcall with a couple of friends back home in India, pacing frenetically in my room.
Reiss Nelson has just scored a 97th minute winner for Arsenal in a 3-2 come-from-behind win against Bournemouth and we’re all beside ourselves. Delirium and disbelief flow freely.
“What have we just done?” one of them said again. He’d been following the game at a wedding and had nipped out early to catch...

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