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Still buzzing from commentating on this one 🙌🏼 A professional display from the team with a beautifully worked goal & one of our trademark set-pieces.👌🏼📺
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Don’t tell me the Arsenal fans aren’t behind Kai Havertz. Anything else is just noise, this is what it’s all about 👏🏼🟡⚫️
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A standing ovation for Noni Madueke as he’s replaced. Brilliant performance 👏🏼
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Suggested to Mikel Arteta post-match that Viktor Gyökeres’ tactical contribution today might have gone under the radar, to which he responded:
“I just went there and hugged him and said thank you because the work that he does is unbelievable for the team. The way he stretches the back four and the spaces he opens. I mean today how he hasn’t scored a goal, I don’t know!”
@BBCLondonSport
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"We've got super Mik' Arteta" rings around Emirates Stadium. Goes to show what the 'match going fans' think of him...
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The Clock End support making their voices heard on the way into the ground 🔥 🔴⚪️
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Trossard will get all the plaudits in terms of being the impact substitute and rightly so. But I'll tell you what, Jakub Kiwior at left-back, a position he's previously looked uncomfortable in was superb!
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Pep Guardiola celebrates a goal, it’s fine. Arteta celebrates winning the game & its ‘embarrassing’.
Apparently we should all stay seated & calmly applaud. No celebrations allowed! Nobody’s claiming it’s a major trophy. Everyone hates us & do you know what, I love it! 🔴⚪️
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Say what you want about Arteta's team selections, tactics & lack of experience but at the very least, this man is willing to make big calls in an attempt to fix a broken culture that has plagued the Arsenal for years.
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Haaland threw the ball at Gabriel’s head after City scored earlier in the season but Gabriel isn’t allowed to celebrate in front of him?
Lewis-Skelly was disrespected by Haaland up at the Etihad but isn’t allowed to give it back?
Truth is, rivalries make for far better entertainment. I don’t have a problem with any of it, I just wish people would be consistent in their views on such actions.
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Ødegaard went over to Saka as he stood over the spot with the ball under his arm and clearly said the penalty was to be taken by Havertz. Not saying Saka resisted but MO keen for him to take it. The German calmly slots home & the Arsenal fans have been singing his name continuously since 👏🏼
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Premier League referees deciding football matches, same old. Best league in the world, my ass.
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Martinelli’s teammates are well aware of the criticism the Brazilian has faced of late. Preferring Eze on the left is fine but there’s always some that take it too far. Look at Calafiori pointing at the name on the back of the shirt. These guys are in it together 💙
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Have you ever seen a referee take a towel away from a player who wants to wipe it before a long-throw?! 🤣
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Ben White on whether Mikel Arteta let the players watch some of the Man City game.
“I don’t watch football.”
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Hearing Arsenal beat Millwall 4-1 at London Colney this afternoon, goals from Chambers, Lacazette, Pepe & Balogun
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Spurs get battered 0-3 by Rennes at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. What a start to the day!
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Those clowns filmed in Arsenal shirts spouting racist nonsense are not welcome at our club, nor do they represent it. Many immigrants, including my own family fell in love with AFC when they arrived in London because they felt more comfortable watching football there than anywhere else. Culturally, this club is special. The fanbase is incredibly diverse and it’s one of the things about the Arsenal I love most.
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A sweeping Arsenal attack finished off brilliantly by Alexis Sanchez. Wenger ball 🙌🏼
ArsenalGoals™
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Arsenal aren't trying to 'bully' Brighton into selling Moises Caicedo at a cut price. They're offering an incredibly large sum of money for a player who has made less Premier League appearances than I've had birthdays. That's the truth of it.
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Mikel Arteta on how hard Gabriel was pushing to start today?
“The hard thing with Gabi is not to play him because he will smash your door and tell you that he’s ready and he’ll probably put the shirt on. Thats Gabi. He wants to play every minute he knows the presence and leadership he brings and he was superb again.”
@BBCLondonSport
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Kai Havertz comes off to a standing ovation from the Arsenal faithful after scoring the second this afternoon. His 5th of the season.
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Watching the game back & the best thing about Kiwior’s performance was that he was fully aware of the challenges he faced playing on his wrong side & adapted his game accordingly.
He enabled us to play with the high line but at the same time, toned down his normally aggressive defensive style, understanding that if Wilson or Isak for example were to spin him and take him on a run down his outside he could struggle given how left footed he is.
He comes across as a really intelligent footballer. Looking forward to watching his development.
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You’ve got to credit Harry Kane here, he starts the move at one end before racing up the pitch & assisting Bukayo Saka to add Arsenal’s third 👏🏼
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I’ll never get tired of listening to Arsene talk Arsenal. Great to see him looking so well also!
Cycling on TNT Sports
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Pope’s touch on the ball is a consequence of Gyökeres kicking it onto him, not a result of a good challenge from the keeper. Just because it hits Pope’s foot doesn’t mean he hasn’t impeded the forward. No issue with the Woltemade goal but the pen decision is ridiculous and not what VAR was brought in for.
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Jorginho for around £10m was a brilliant bit of business. Provided experience, good cover and put in some excellent performances when called upon. It was a signing that divided opinion at the time but sad to see him go. A fantastic pro.
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Fair to say I was really frustrated by what we saw unfold in the PL this weekend. Why Liverpool are being criticised is beyond me. It’s not about the who, it’s about the general standards! Put tribalism to one side, it’s about the integrity of our sport.
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Bukayo Saka saying he knew he was going to be racially abused the moment he missed his penalty is a sad indictment of today’s society. Powerful words from the Arsenal man & I’m proud to say he’s one of our own ❤️
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Football is broken. Reading up on the Chelsea/Clearlake/PIF links and you can understand why Todd Boehly & Co we’re happy to spend wild amounts of money without the fear of any real consequences. They’re not the only club operating in a way that doesn’t sit right with me - but where is our game headed?!
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Gary Neville moaning about Rice celebrating his goal. The most predictable thing ever…
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When it comes to kits, I’ve always believed myself to be a traditionalist. The Arsenal should wear red & white at home with the away kit being yellow & blue. But this is for me, the best away kit I can remember to date & it’s no wonder it’s been sold out for months! Today, we wear it for the last time & while it seems a little over the top paying respects to a kit, I’ll miss it & will wear my shirt forever 🤣
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Have Liverpool not requested to have their FA Cup tie postponed at the weekend yet because they think they can beat Shrewsbury even with the impacted players missing?
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Havertz and Arteta's names being sung around Emirates Stadium. The angry ones who actively search for even the smallest reasons to bash our club online don't represent us. Suppose you'll all be having a night off tonight, enjoy! 🍻
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I particularly enjoyed two things today…
1. Calafiori drying the ball with a towel before a throw in.
2. The crowd calling for Raya to shoot when he received the ball to his feet on half way.
It’s the little things!
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The flat out refusal from some of Mikel Arteta’s critics to give him any credit for tonight is laughable. The structure, the psychology, the emphasis on connection that in part generates that kind of atmosphere and so much more - it comes from him.
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Haven’t seen the key decisions in the Copenhagen vs United game yet but I thought we were all just respecting all refereeing decisions, no matter how controversial going forward?
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Erik ten Hag mentioned that game between Arsenal & United at the Emirates back in September again during his press conference this evening. In other news, water is wet.
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Gabriel Agbonlahor thinks West Ham are a bigger club than Arsenal. At this point, he’s just trolling 🤦🏻♂️
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So that’s a foul on Alisson but Joelinton climbing on Gabriel with two hands wasn’t. Make it make sense.
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Call us boring, call us whatever you like. That was an excellent defensive display away from home against the reigning treble winners. Proud of the Arsenal.
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Of course it’ll get postponed, it’s Liverpool. Funny how things change though, Klopp once sent his kids to play a domestic cup replay & didn’t attend the fixture because it interrupted his scheduled winter break. Now he wants a semi final postponed, I guess the cups do matter 🤷🏻♂️
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Hold on, Danny Mills isn't sure about Arsenal's signing of Ben White? Didn't he previously say we weren't good enough for him? Classic case of a pundit trying to be controversial, so much so, he forgot what his initial view was.
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Read earlier that Arsenal’s spend under Arteta is at £591.5m & that 25 players have come in. So on average, that’s £23.7m per player. Granted, we’ve spent big on some individuals but when you consider the transformation of the squad, it’s not a crazy amount of money by today’s standards.
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Sick and tired of the way Arsenal are officiated. And rival fans who ignore decisions like that and simply mock us, you’re enabling this diabolical standard of officiating to continue. I’ve said it before, the tribalism in our sport is a cloak for this nonsense to hide under.
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Difficult to find the right words but I’m going to try…
Super Kev was a friend. Supported me when I made my career change, helped with my book, was my first ever guest on my podcast & over the years, as we got to know each other, I could honestly say… he’s one of the best people I’ve ever met. It’s a pleasure to have known him.
Warm, kind & passionate are just a few of the words you could use to describe him but even they don’t do the man justice. RIP Legend. You’ll be sorely missed 🙏🏻💔
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Arsenal should be already working behind the scenes, refunding every single one of those supporters who have spent their hard earned cash & time travelling up to Manchester.
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Kai Havertz has been outstanding here. So he missed a chance, it happens. He's scored a brilliant goal, got an assist and worked relentlessly for the entirety of this game.
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It’s the Thursday after Oliver’s decision to send MLS off. Since then, the FA’s independent panel have upheld Arsenal’s appeal, rightly so and we’ve all moved on. Five days on, I’m seeing clips of Gary Neville complaining about it and we’re the cry babies. Incredible stuff.
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Gabriel Jesus is a huge part of the reason Arsenal went from top four challengers to title contenders in a short space of time. The disrespect towards him from some drives me mad.
I think we can all agree he's not the most prolific goalscorer but his xG so far in the Premier League this season stands at 1.49 and he's scored 1 goal in 3 starts - it's hardly a major underperformance.
Arsenal are 7th in the Premier League so far this season when it comes to 'shot creating actions' which may worry some but the Gunners have only scored one less goal than we managed at the same stage last season. Not to mention the fact we have 2 more points!
We've suffered injuries to Jesus, Saka, Martinelli & Trossard so far this season. The attack isn't broken, we've just been really unfortunate.
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If you're Arteta out, that's fair enough. But if you're making excuses for our captain who's failed to adhere to the standards set & blaming the manager for wanting to uphold them, have a word with yourself.
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Alexander Isak bought a packet of Fruitellas at a London kiosk earlier today & only ate the red ones…
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Arsenal being charged by the FA for the way their players appealed for a late penalty versus Newcastle is laughable. The coverage of Arteta’s reaction in itself has been embarrassing & now this. The club & it’s supporters have every right to feel aggrieved.
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Ever since I was a kid, if the same team won the league & FA Cup, the Premier League runners up would contest the Community shield. But of course because it’s Arsenal this time, it’s wrong and we should all have a moan about it. 💤
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This place has totally transformed since Arteta took the reins. The progress on the pitch has been clear but the atmosphere around the place isn’t spoken about anywhere near enough. Unrecognisable! Could watch this on repeat for hours!
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Felt like Martinelli waited to ensure he didn't take a potential goal away from Viktor Gyokeres before turning that in himself.
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The more you watch Merino, in whichever position & at whatever level, the more you understand why Arteta wanted him so bad. Multi-functional, a threat in the final third, covers lots of ground & has the intelligence to adapt his game in relation to what you’re up against.
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I was completely focused on the goal so didn’t catch what Mikel Arteta was booked for. I’ve just seen it back and it really is laughable. To book a manager for jumping up and down on the sidelines with his staff having just seen his team score a 97th minute winner is not just harsh but in fact, ridiculous. As a consequence, he won’t be in the dugout for the game versus Aston Villa this weekend.
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Let the record state that Angelos Postecoglou of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club was booked for angrily protesting at a referee during the defeat versus Chelsea.
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Bored of the Xhaka outrage. Played his best football in an Arsenal shirt last season & isn’t anywhere close to being our biggest problem. The club have decided to keep him rather than spending £35m+ to replace. It’s done, let’s get behind the team for what’s gonna be a big season
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Joelinton who should have been booked in the first minute, gets a card on 82, sarcastically applauds the ref but it’s fine 👍🏼
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“Arteta only started playing out from the back after spending 100s of millions of pounds..”
Ladies & gentleman, see exhibit a 👇🏼
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Opta have confirmed the ball was in play for 35 minutes in that second half. More than any other half this season. Just saying...
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Looking at Nuno Tavares I see the type of player Wenger of the late 90s/early 2000s could have turned into a world beater. He’s direct, brave, strong, confident & quick but still a little raw. Looks like a bargain at approximately £8m.
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Arsenal didn’t win the league last season because Zinchenko was ‘tooting his horn at people’. Brilliant
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At this point the PGMOL propaganda show known as Mic’d up just makes Howard Webb and his referees look even more silly.
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This is why people should actually watch football matches rather than scroll through social media, find stills & claim to understand what’s happened. Havertz’s right leg makes zero contact with Longstaff. The most ardent of NUFC fans will tell you that.
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Granit Xhaka didn’t go through all of that nonsense with the fans & turn his Arsenal career around to the point he’s one of the club’s most important players/leaders only to leave as soon as we made the Champions League. Leverkusen may well be interested in his services but I find it hard to believe he’s ready to ‘quit’ our club as some reports have suggested…
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Two Mike Dean red cards have had to be overturned within the space of a week, don't tell me the officials in the Premier League aren't the issue.
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The Premier League is a tough watch at the moment. Title and relegation already pretty much decided, constant poor officiating, VAR delays, draining controversy & flat atmospheres in stadiums as a consequence of all of the above & the extortionate ticket prices.
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That awful Arsenal side with the ‘cone man’ as a manager sit six points off of second place Liverpool, having played the same amount of games. Football really is a funny old game.
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The irony of Howe and Tindall standing on the edge of their technical area moaning about time wasting at Emirates Stadium. Have some shame lads!
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I can’t speak for all but it’s not even about the penalty or the red card for me. It’s the cynical fouls, particularly from Rodri that go unpunished while AFC players go straight into the book. The inconsistency in applying the rules of a game within 90mins is the issue.
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Richard Keys is still going on about the Arsenal 🤷🏻♂️🤣
Nigel de Jong is spot on here 👏🏼
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“I don’t see a specific foul on Gabriel. I see two hands on his back but I don’t see anything of a push that warrants him flying forward like that”
Meanwhile, attacker places both hands on the back of his neck/head, applying force to pin him & prop himself up.
Good process 👏🏼
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Richard Keys passionately defending Mikel Arteta. The world’s going to end now, right?
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How hasn’t the VAR checked this?! Arteta has EVERY right to feel aggrieved by that decision. Credit to Brentford for a strong performance, I’m not taking anything away from them but this is not acceptable in the age of VAR.
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If you’re calling for Arteta to be sacked while we’re in second and ahead of the decisive leg of our Champions League semi final, hold that thought…
Now go stand in front of a mirror and repeat it. Then think about how stupid you look.
The entitlement is 🤯
Not only is it a stupid take but if you love the club as much as you claim to, why would you want to create division & a potentially more difficult environment for us to succeed in?
Nothing will (or should) happen re the manager now so it’s just noise for the sake of noise.
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I wonder if people will talk about United’s lack of ‘bottle’ after they gave up a 2-0 lead at home to Sevilla, 13th placed in La Liga, before being battered in the return fixture.
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If somebody can find me the three fouls Andy Madley thinks he’s seen Xhaka commit prior to the booking, I’d love to see them. Refereeing by reputation, it’s appalling.
nitter.app/iokmmmedia/status/1505…
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I’ve always said Xhaka is under appreciated at Arsenal & that’s never gone down well with some. But I’ll ask you this, why should we accept below his market value? We’ve been a soft touch in the market for years & from that perspective, we’re right to not be bullied into a sale.
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Each to their own but I must admit, I find this a little strange. Maybe it’s because I could never imagine myself not watching football. I suppose as long as he does the business for the Arsenal, who cares. 💪🏼
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Are we ready to admit Aaron Ramsdale is the greatest goalkeeper the Premier League & football has ever seen?
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Arteta MUST win the competition this great football club has never managed to win in its entire history in his second ever attempt otherwise he should be sacked immediately. Listen to yourselves…
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Asked Mikel Arteta about what it is specifically Martin Zubimendi has brought to Arsenal's midfield since arriving in the summer. He said:
"Well every player is different. We had some terrific midfielders here. He brings a certain composure that it's very difficult to understand. The way he processes information and learns from the game and what is actually happening in the game, at that speed is remarkable.
"For him, it was about unlocking certain spaces and his capacity to look further and to hurt the opposition when his teammates are further from the ball and himself and if he can add goals to it... even better. "
I then asked if there's more to come from him...
"Yeah, a lot more. The more he understands his teammates, their timing and those relationships build, I think we'll see another level still."
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