I watched the Arsenal-Tottenham game and the banana skin wasn’t something anyone really noticed at the time. Then there were replays that showed some of the objects that were being thrown at Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as he celebrated his first goal, and when I saw the banana it hit me like a punch. The police have not charged anyone with any racially aggravated offence but it nonetheless reminded me of the sort of thing I thought we had eradicated from the game.
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Written by Viv Anderson
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/dec/04/viv-anderson-banana-skin-arsenal-tottenham-derby under the title “Viv Anderson: ‘When I saw the banana skin it hit me like a punch’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
