What Jorginho did to Aaron Ramsdale at full time shows Arsenal's secret weapon in title race

There’s a snowballing effect that seems to come with late winners. Perhaps the most legendary master of these kind of victories, Sir Alex Ferguson, has a pretty decent explanation as to why one would lead into the next.

«The value is, if you score in injury time — remember the dressing room? It was electric,» he said in 2021. «Absolutely electric. The fans are going home, they can't wait to get to the pub to talk about it, they can't wait to tell their wife and their kids what it was like in Old Trafford to score in the last minute. That's the value.»

As Arsenal secured another last gasp winner against Brentford the atmosphere in the Emirates Stadium home dressing was, as Sir Alex would put it, electric. Songs were sung, dances aplenty and for all their dominant victories in recent weeks, all Arsenal players will tell you that these kind of victories hit different.

It's a feeling they've gotten pretty used to in recent years. Kai Havertz's 86th minute header was the 13th goal Arsenal have scored in the last 10 minutes this season. Their ability to finish strong is becoming inevitable.

What's fuelling this is a desire to have more of those electric moments in the dressing room with each other. This Arsenal team are a united front and little proved that more than their desire to come back and win on Saturday night. Of course the motive of the title was on the line, but the chance to dig Aaron Ramsdale out of the totally self-inflicted hole he had put himself in was huge as well.

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