![]() “Mathematically, it’s still possible (to win the title), but today it’s impossible to think about it," Arteta said.Īrsenal has 81 points - four behind City's 85. Then came another draw at home to last-place Southampton all in the leadup to that showdown at City when the superiority of Guardiola's team on the night only confirmed how well Arsenal had done to run the race so close.Ĭity can be crowned champions with a win against Chelsea on Sunday, but could win the title sooner than that if Arsenal loses to Nottingham Forest a day earlier. Instead, the true damage was done in back-to-back draws against Liverpool and West Ham when Arteta's team let two-goal leads slip on both occasions. It is a measure of the extent to which Arsenal's form has slumped that it could even afford to lose twice in head-to-heads against City and still have the title in its own hands. Having led the table for most of the season, it was eight points clear of City at the start of April, having played a game more.īut in the space of six weeks, there has been a 12-point swing in Guardiola's favor, helped by City's 4-1 rout of Arsenal at Etihad Stadium last month. The truth is that Arsenal's slump began long before Sunday's painful defeat. If a team is capable of doing that when it comes to the biggest stage, there’s a lot of things to analyze and think about because it cannot happen.” “When you have to play in these moments you cannot do what we did in the second half. “We fought really hard to be in the position that we are in and today we were in a critical moment to keeping hoping and digging for that dream," Arteta said. It was the fifth time in seven games that Arsenal has dropped points in the closing weeks of the season.īy comparison, City's 3-0 win against Everton earlier in the day extended its unbeaten run to 21 games in all competitions, including 11 straight wins in the league.Ĭity has been near-perfect, while Arsenal's challenge has melted in the heat of the battle, with Brighton's second-half goals from Julio Enciso, Deniz Undav and Pervis Estupinan all but ending the Gunners' hopes of a first title in 19 years. “We have to apologize to our people, especially for the second half,” Arteta said after his team's 3-0 loss to Brighton at Emirates Stadium on Sunday. ![]()
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