Alexandre Lacazette scored his first goal for us just 15 minutes into his Arsenal career as we beat Sydney FC 2-0 in front of a sell-out crowd at ANZ Stadium.
It may have been 40 years since we last visited Australia, but the reception we have received since touching down here has been something else.
This picture-perfect city has been turned into a sea of red, with large, vociferous crowds greeting us at every turn as the excitement continued to build in the lead-up to this game.
By kick-off, ANZ Stadium – the location for Cathy Freeman’s unforgettable 2000 Olympic gold-medal run and Jonny Wilkinson’s last-gasp Rugby World Cup winning kick three years later – was jumping.