‘It was such a pure connection, then sheer exhilaration… nothing was ever the same again’: DAVID PLATT on THAT goal against Belgium, his ‘amazing’ spell at Man City, his verdict on Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal and the two times he felt ‘invincible’

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'It was such a pure connection, then sheer exhilaration... nothing was ever the same again': DAVID PLATT on THAT goal against Belgium, his 'amazing' spell at Man City, his verdict on Mikel Arteta's Arsenal and the two times he felt 'invincible'

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