This was an alien concept for all of our players. We had never played a competitive game behind closed doors before (Manchester City experienced it in the Champions League earlier this season) and it was clear the surreal atmosphere took a while for both sets of players to get to grips with.
The substitutes were sat - at least three seats apart - in the lower tier of the stands, and the media were situated a few rows behind. From there every shout from the players could be heard - Shkodran Mustafi and Bernd Leno were among the most vociferous.