Tuesday 24 January 2017 11:00, UK
Sky Sports reporter Pat Davison reveals what it was like watching the dramatic finale to Arsenal's win over Burnley alongside a sent-off Arsene Wenger...
It was shaping up to be a reasonably straightforward day for a post-match interviewer. Arsenal were winning 1-0, so Arsene Wenger - Granit Xhaka's red card aside - was likely to be in a reasonably good mood.
Sean Dyche, although disappointed, would surely be able to take quite a bit from the way his Burnley team had performed.
And so, a couple of minutes before the beginning of injury time, I left my touchline position behind the dugouts and walked round to the interview room in the tunnel feeling quite relaxed.
Next thing I know, it's 1-1 and Arsene Wenger is in the room stood next to me.
I'd seen Burnley's penalty on our tunnel monitor and was watching the fallout closely, knowing my job had just got 100 times tougher and the interviews much more important, when the door swung open.
A steward (not the same one who stepped between the manager the fourth official), came in asking us to clear the room with a silently fuming Arsene Wenger right behind him.
It appears, after the pictures we saw of Wenger being sent off and then appearing to push Anthony Taylor, he headed (or was taken) to the first place he could find to watch the end of the game. Which turned out to be with us.
We didn't leave. You can't do an interview if you haven't seen the whole game and, to be fair, although the steward had, Wenger never asked us to.
And so myself, the cameraman Graham and the sound man Neil were in a small (maybe 8ft by 4ft) room with the Arsenal manager watching what would surely have been the end of their title challenge.
It was awkward. None of us in the Sky crew spoke - we had our jobs to do and, to be honest, Arsene didn't seem in the mood for small talk.
He paced around what little space he had in the tight room, occasionally chuntering.
And then he said, 'Penalty!' Ben Mee's challenge on Laurent Koscielny had just unfolded on the monitor in front of us.
It seemed to take an age, with Wenger getting closer and closer to the screen, before referee Jon Moss did eventually point to the spot.
He then retreated to the corner of the room to wait nervously as Alexis Sanchez prepared to take the penalty. The tension in the room finally released as he sprung forward with a small punch of the air as the Chilean dinked his kick into the net.
A few seconds later it was full-time and our visitor marched from the room.
About 10 minutes later he was back to do an interview. He didn't have to. The fact he'd been sent-off meant he was no longer obligated to speak to the media.
To his credit, though, he fronted up and I thought gave a really good, honest and contrite interview.
I'm not saying that he shouldn't face further action because he made up for it by speaking well. However, I do think it was an example of how managers can use an interview to their advantage and do a bit of damage limitation.
I was told when I started doing this job for Sky to expect the unexpected. It was good advice.
