Forget about Thierry Henry's Roy of the Rovers-style comeback for Arsenal in their third-round FA Cup win over Leeds last night. The most memorable moment happened before kick-off, to ESPN pundit and former Arsenal defender Martin Keown who was standing pitchside with presenter Rebecca Lowe and fellow pundit Robbie Savage. But that's enough from us, over to the Guardian's minute-by-minute coverage of the match. "TV's Rebecca Lowe is standing behind the pitchside desk asking Robbie Savage and Martin Keown the hard questions. While some nearby Leeds fans give a rousing rendition of a song detailing what they see as Robbie's penchant for – to borrow a phrase from Seinfeld – treating his body as an amusement park, some Leeds players warming up on the pitch in the background are trying to hit the trio with footballs. It's a farce. And that's a direct hit! No sooner had I typed that passage than one of the Leeds players – I don't know who – earned himself a massive roar of approval from his own fans by scoring a direct hit on the side of Martin Keown's head from about 30 yards. That's a magnificent shot, which briefly incenses the former Arsenal centre-half. Clearly raging, he wheels around as if to say 'Who the eff hit that?', only to quickly remember he's on live television, turn his frown upside-down and give them an unconvincingly matey thumbs up instead. It's an FA Cup match from the Emirates – surely they could find Rebecca and chums a studio or broom cupboard from which to broadcast?" Keown always was a good header of the ball.
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