This week I suffered a disappointment - and it wasn't as bad as I'd thought

Something quite big happened in Manchester on Wednesday night.

Football has long been one of our city's greatest assets, and mid-week, Manchester City beat Arsenal in what many will see as the deciding moment of the Premier League title race.

Now here's my confession - I'm an Arsenal fan. And perhaps I should have found the whole evening painful - you know, watching my team's title hopes slip away in the city I call home, tightly packed into a bar full of blues.

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But I didn't.

I live in New Islington, and almost every week I watch people of all descriptions don blue scarves and hats and follow the Rochdale Canal up to the Etihad stadium. It's something I have grown to love - watching so many people come together to experience the highs and lows of a mutual love of the beautiful game. It goes without saying that exactly the same thing happens on the other side of Manchester every week too (except those fans wear red), and is something that Manchester should never take for granted.

I'm gutted by the result, of course I am. But as I walked home, I felt lucky to live in a city where so much is happening. Not everywhere lives the way Manchester does.

That goes for more than just football. Some of our reads for you this weekend highlight just how much is going on in our city at all times. Whether you're looking for food, music, art, sport, nightlife, or even a bit of peace and quiet, it's all here if you know where to look.

So this weekend, I'll be enjoying spending time with people I love in a city I feel lucky to call home. And as for Arsenal? I'll back them until the end, no matter what the journey looks like. It was nice to have them in Manchester.

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