Fiye da shekaru talatin da suka wuce, dare da Arsenal ta lashe taken First Division a Anfield ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin mafi ban mamaki lokuta a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa ta Ingila. Nasarar 2-0 akan Liverpool a ranar ƙarshe ta kakar wasa ta 1988–89 ta kawo gasar cin kofin a mafi ban sha'awa yanayi da za a iya tunanin.

Dan wasan gaba na tsohon Arsenal Alan Smith, wanda yake filin wasa dare kan, ya yi magana game da yadda muhimmancin wannan taron ya ci gaba da ƙaruwa tare da lokaci. "Duk yanda kake nisa da shi, haka yake zama na musamman," in ji Smith. "Wasa ne wanda ba zai taɓa maimaituwa ba — dare na musamman, na musamman sosai."

Wasan yanke shawara da babu misalinsa

Arsenal ta isa Anfield tana sanin cewa tana buƙatar lashe da kwallo biyu don hana Liverpool taken da bambancin kwallo. Yanayin ya kasance mawuyaci — ziyartar Anfield a gida Liverpool ta kuma lashe ta wannan bambanci ana ɗauka shi kusan ba zai yiwu ba a wancan lokaci.

Duk da haka, Gunners sun cika aikin. Sakamakon 2-0 ya isa ya juya taken zuwa ga Arsenal a ƙarshen lokutan kakar wasan, yana samar da ɗaya daga cikin mafi yawan bikin gama gasar a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa ta Ingila.

Dare da ba za a iya maimaita shi ba

Kalmomi na Smith suna ɗaure wani abu da duk waɗanda suka shaida wasan suke fahimta da yanayin zuciya: taron yanayi da suka sa wannan dare ya kasance mai ban sha'awa sosai ba zai iya haɗuwa a hanya ɗaya ta sake ba. Taken da aka yanke a ranar ƙarshe, a filin abokin hamayya, tare da buƙatar bambancin cin nasara — babu wani labarin da zai iya samar da ƙarshen wasan mai ban sha'awa fiye da wannan.

Bayan shekaru da dama, ƙwaƙwalwar Anfield a wannan dare na Mayu 1989 ta ci gaba da zama aba mai ma'ana ga masu goyon bayan Arsenal da muhimmin alamar cikin faɗin tarihin wasan Ingila.