The most thrilling and sickening football experience of my life was the defeat of Coventry

Manchester United's win over Coventry was the biggest of let-offs for the Red Devils. It was yet more evidence VAR is sucking the joy out of football. Coventry were denied a great moment by Manchester United in the first half. Manchester United were denied the chance to win their first Premier League game since 1998.

Coventry's defeat was the most scintillating and sickening football experience of my life. I’ve watched plenty of defeats down the years – enough to become desensitised to it, I thought. But then came an entirely new kind of trauma.

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