Points dropped against poorer sides in 3 consecutive matches during April ultimately led to Arsenal capitulating.

@dreddmann6532

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The Liverpool and Southampton draws should've been losses, so it's points gained, and as much as Liverpool have been poor, Anfield is a fortress.

@pokeyd85

Жыл бұрын

@Dredd Mann @ Anfield is a difficult fixture with the screaming Scousers as the 12th man but Southampton.....that shouldn't happen against a 20th place side when 8 pts clear of Man. City

@dreddmann6532

Жыл бұрын

@@pokeyd85 I agree

@kukunase1686

Жыл бұрын

Apart from Liverpool West ham and Southamption were useless draws.

@crosneragate1904

Жыл бұрын

When in 2022, my friend who is a Arsenal fan said if they win against all opponents but lose two matches to Man City, they can still win the league. But I said, in your dream. At that time, he was very arrogant but now I can't even say anything to appease him he is so sad now.

Burley is right about Arsenal. They were throwing it away before the city game.

I was looking at the April fixtures from last year and we lost the first 3 games against C. Palace, Brighton, and Southampton, albeit we won the next 4 but it seems that April is our limit. For all the good and consistent play they had all season to jus throw it away within 4 matches is unacceptable and it was their own faults. Need to pick it up because Newcastle away could be like that 6-1 smashing vs Spurs

Arsenal hasn’t stopped dropping points yet… they will definitely drop points with Newcastle and with Brighton…. Those two matches will be hard for Arsenal. To me even tho City has more matches left to play I strongly feel Arsenal has a tougher schedule than City. Arsenal will definitely drop more points. Also Ramsdale they gave him 6 points score and to me Ramsdale was the one that prevented City from winning 8-1… Ramsdale was the MVP for Arsenal hands down, he should’ve got a score of 8 or 9.

If they had not dropped the six points in the 3 consecutive draws, they can well afford to lose to Manchester City. The moment they lost William Saliba, the title challenge was practically over. He is not only an excellent centre back but an integral part of the silky football they play. Despite the loss of Gabriel Jesus after the world cup, we managed to cope well. This is because Eddie Nketiah is not a big drop off in quality compared to Gabriel Jesus. The addition of Leandro Trossard in the January window did somewhat help our course as well. However, Rob Holding is a big drop off in quality. Just like Lokonga for Thomas Partey earlier in the season. We lost to Manchester United at Old Trafford due to that.

@Ken_from_Mumbai

Жыл бұрын

They choked simple as that. Arteta choked by not including trossard, n Jesus coming back from injury didn't help.

@animelytical8354

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, there were some game saving blocks from Holding. Those draws should've been losses even

@m.fuzailbandarkar7023

Жыл бұрын

Arsenals squad is better than west ham and bottom Southampton. Dropping points to them and blaming it on injury is just typical excuses with no accountability

@maxp670

Жыл бұрын

Also the BrentFord Off-side not picked by VAR cost us 2 additional points !!

@finding_aether

Жыл бұрын

I am not sure why Holding is being scapegoated. I thought as a backup CB he is doing ok. Vs Liverpool it was a lucky deflection and a piece of skill by Salah. Vs West Ham Partey gave the ball away cheaply. Vs Southampton it was Ramsdale who gifted the ball away. Even if Saliba is playing if you give the ball like this to opponent Arsenal would still drop points.

I am a Spurs fan but Arteta and this young Arsenal side should hold their heads up high. They played some of the most scintillating football this season. That's what I can only dream of from my team.

@harveyfuqua6633

Жыл бұрын

@Kris mafia don It was good while it lasted.

Completely agree. They should have gotten more points from the last 3 games so that the City game doesn't matter. And believe it or not, if they were in that position of "it doesn't matter" they might actually have played better against City because there'd be less pressure

@bogdan1968ful

Жыл бұрын

You know how the old say says: It is no use to cry over the spoilt milk. I hope that we will win this evening our match against West Ham and also follow with Leeds Uts.

I think we all need to calm with any sensationalist take. 1) City are extraordinary and can afford to play with 16-18 proper first 11 players. What I mean is they don’t have a best 11. I can’t think of another team in world football that has that. That enables them to rotate their squad and the way they have done that has been exemplary. A lesson for us all in squad management. 2) We are not there yet and 85 points or so is a true reflection of where we are. We will drop more points in the next 5 games, and that’s fine. 3) To get to 95 points from 85 we need more world class depth. We will do that in the summer 4) The way Guardiola has integrated Haaland has been phenomenal. He’s really improved his build up play, credit to him. We need a big number 9 - as much as I love Jesus the City game has shown we need a bigger presence up there.

@indianrailfan1538

Жыл бұрын

Tell me the 18 first class player city has??....can u tell me the name

Arsenal lost the league when Xaka annoyed the Liverpool fans, that fight back from Liverpool showed all the other teams that Arsenal were nervous. Any team in the PL can beat any other team in the PL on a good day and what Arsenal did at Liverpool showed West Ham and Southampton that they might as well set up to attack Arsenal. I can't blame Xaka for coming second because I want to see some aggression but I think the Arsenal squad will learn to be a little more savy next season. Arsenal are a young side with a bright future and should be better next season but Liverpool, Man Utd, Tottenham and Chelsea won't be so far out of the running by then. It's been a great season for Arsenal, they had it all in their hands until they drew with Liverpool and should have dealt with that game better but they will come second to a team that arguably are the best team in the world at this time.

@khosta6690

Жыл бұрын

Did you count Chelsea?

Arsenal have a good manager and have 6 good players.But these is not enough for the whole season.Also Tottenham, Liverpool,Chelsea, Man utd etc etc.Because Injured and tirenes gave they a big problem...Pep is a clever manager,City have many good players the lineups also on the bench.Thats why the rotation system is the best system to finish the job don.Because they are not a robot..But with Pep as Manager you have to play good football and for Pep disepline is number one.

@kukunase1686

Жыл бұрын

lets be honest. Pep has the oil. Asenal needs Sheikr or qatar

@mstoj1386

Жыл бұрын

​@@kukunase1686big facts 😊

These are both top flight managers/coaches, the student started off on fire and maintained that edge for more than 7 months, but the master never let things get too far behind and when the student stumbled the master was their to pounce. There maybe managers better at one part of the game or another, but no one in the world knows how to manage and motivate big money talent better than Pep. At this level you are going to have coaches for many of the various disciplines so it doesn't all rest on one pair of shoulders. Also at this level, where many teams are forking over big money for talent and with many teams quite nicely stocked, the manager that is able to manage that high value talent, to manage and to motivate. The closest analogy I can think of for an American audience is Joe Torre of the NY Yankees -- they Yankees have generally been among the best talent wise pretty much forever and they've won the Baseball World Series 27 times in something over 100 years, but they haven't always been at the top. The NYY were mired in turmoil for years under Billy Martin and even though they had the best talent you could buy, they were only slightly better than middle of the pack. The Yankees finally replaced Martin with Joe Torre and with the same talent he turned the Yankees into a near dynasty because he was able to manage big money talent better than anyone at that time. In the EPL we've had teams rise from middle of the table to raising the trophy in a single year, but we've also had teams that were once dominant drop like a stone. For me, no one in Football is better at managing his players and getting them to buy in. I think he manages the press pretty spot on to.

Saliba was a big miss against West Ham and Southampton.....Hard to say he would have made a major difference against City though....but against the other 2....i dont think we lose if he was healthy.

We only have ourselves to blame. We crumbled for the top four last year due to injuries, tactics and mentality, and we've done it again. Everyone, the board, players and particularly the manager have to not only look in the mirroR BUT CHANGE

@jpw5029

Жыл бұрын

Bit harsh

Said the same thing. If we played city 38 times they'd beat us in at least 25 of them. You have to beat the other 18 teams.

The draws were too costly

Arsenal have done well this season squeaking wins from probable draws. That was bound to stop at some time, but then getting those wins made people think the team was perhaps better than they actually are at this stage of their development.

It will haunt me for a long time to drop points with West Ham and Southampton

Simple. You need to be 9/10 all season to beat City. Arsenal were 8/10. Just fall short City just too good

@gyomeihimejima1625

Жыл бұрын

Yes

It's bottling it. They have to learn from it, but doesn't mean they didnt bottle the league. Like Manchester United cpupd bottle top 4

City winning 5 of last 6 PL and finishing 2nd in one of season is something need to be appreciated more

@ultimategamer8330

Жыл бұрын

This title will solidify them as the GOAT team in Premier league History.

@ultimategamer8330

Жыл бұрын

It wasn’t 1 point behind when thr finished 2nd, it was 15 i think, liverpool got 99 points during the COVID season city got mid 80s

@trephix

Жыл бұрын

Farmers league

@captainjacksparrow1518

Жыл бұрын

​@@ultimategamer8330 Yep.. that's why Man U are scared of them winning too 😂😂

@cactaceous

Жыл бұрын

If they hadn’t spent the ungodly amounts of money they did during that span, maybe. It’s just a club spending a lot of money to buy the best players to win. If anyone could do it, they would have the same results.

Arsenal have been punching well above their weight all season long . Not one person expected them to be man cheatys only challenger , most didn’t even have them finishing in the top four . Arsenal haven’t competed for a title in 20 years , City have won what 5 of the last 6 ? I’m a realistic arsenal fan I’ve enjoyed the journey this season and proud of the lads but we are so far off challenging Man City it’s not even funny . Can’t compete with state ownership you see it with PSG and Man City . Newcastle may have a shot soon enough

Round Robin format is respected because it makes it clear which team is the best in that particular season. Even if by off chance Arsenal manages to win the league, they were clearly not the better team as they got thrashed each time they faced the actual best one.

When the chips are down , there’s no one in the team to really take the game by the scruff and drive the team on .. We need a top captain and leader on that pitch. Time to realise that the inverted full back fetish is a defensive disaster waiting to happen.

Arsenal become emotionally disturbed since the game at anfield... Thats why they lost points to West Ham n Southampton.. If they had won they could have afforded to lose this game

Graphics are wrong City has 2 games in hand not Arsenal

From a Utd fan, this has shades of our 11/12 collapse way before the aguero goal, after arsenal beat city at the emirates all the media were congratulating Utd for Title 20, then out of no where Utd lost to Wigan and then had a crazy draw at OT with Everton, then the Kompany goal at the Etihad sealed our fate

@sonsofstretford3866

Жыл бұрын

@Kris mafia don lol what?

Always next time..Yes the rot was at Anfield and more so West Ham and Southampton..The opportunities don’t come that often..PG is a much harder manager than MA Arsenal’s manager. I would never in current form think Arsenal could beat MC but I would think they must and should beat West Ham and Southampton.

It is absolutely crazy to hear football fans calling Arsenal cocky and us fans being arrogant and deserve to be bottling. I have followed this club for 30 years now and in the past decade we have seen nothing but disappointment. So we had a slight glimmer of hope what's wrong with that? We were beaten fair and square by an elite team who just dispatched the mighty Bayern team 4-1 in two legs. We are just getting started guys!

De stroyed got me😂😂😂

Arsenal shouldn't draw that 3 games before e match against Man City..if they have won at least against West Ham n Southampton they will still be 6 points above City even after that 4-1 defeat against them...Now just two points ahead but City have tow games on hand...The title is no longer at their hands ..now is for City to lose it ...Will see towards e end of season...

Hislop harping on! that Arsenal's loss to Liverpool was down to Granit Xhaka is load bullcrap. It was down to Arteta's tactical inflexibility on over reliance on tired/underperforming players (when the game could have been managed better) that cost him the 3 points. Lo and behold , he used the same tactics against West Ham and Southampton! Is Hislop gonna blame Xhaka for those losses too? C'mon....

I see bottles everywhere. Green bottles, brown bottles, even clear ones.

Arsenal played good this season but they were lucky too. In some point your luck finishes and should show up with what you have. They were average vs Liverpool, Westham and SH. Horrendous vs City. Arsenal team never believe that they deserve to be on top of the table and that is why they were celebrating the way they did after each game. As if they won the league.

The reality of Arsenal is that they were in peak form at the start of the season and got through a lot of games through luck. Sometimes your luck runs out. This is a team that will struggle to get out of the UCL group stages.

We need strong mature players among the young guys at arsenal

Should have parked the bus....😂

in conclusion, City > Arsenal

Can’t wait till Arsenal have that open topped bus parade through north London for the 2nd place trophy. Will be such a laugh.

Arsenal put themselves in this position while giving City hope. Race ain’t over yet but not feeling very optimistic for Arsenal now.

Should have been the last match of the season. Arsenal could have had a repeat of the 89 season 🤕

Yeah they put themselves in this situation they should have won at west ham and the draw with Southampton was their fault !

Don't excuse with inexperienced player and Young player. Same goes for Leicester. They just carefully took the momentum. You lose the momentum in FA cup when you had decent squad. Your momentum losing that match

If this was manutd losing to city like this…. It would’ve been a Man United trashing.. haha crazy

arteta deserved this, he had options but he was too stubborn to use them, why insist on playing saka and partey that are underperforming when you have jorginho and trossard that proved themeselves as well as nelson.

They are in trouble because the also have a hungry Newcastle

It was very naive and arrogant to go to Manchester and expect to be able to play how you normally play without getting slapped around.

You were not at the races because you picked the wrong line up and other things Mikel. He has no game and Man management skills ive been saying and chaka can see it too. Mikel has bottled this league.i predicted the 4-1, the city strategy to wait for mistakes, the order of the goals (our 1 goal and haaland last goal) and how we would play only last minutes. Just like I know it will likely be 5-2 at St james park. It all started at Annfield that's where I gave up. And Craig is right. This had all been about mentality. Very good coach but terrible at reading games , man management and game management and you can't teach that cos you are not learning anything so far so it's time to leave the club. He has done a great job but it will take someone's else to take arsenal to the next level.

@user-tb3vg1dy8d

Жыл бұрын

Well put

Oie saka arsenal didn’t throw lead against Liverpool , Liverpool threw the chance to beat arsenal 😂😂😂

Why is everyone assuming that city will win the remaining games? This is still the premier league, anything can happen. I still think arsenal will win the league

Shaka, lemon no hope for Arsenal, it’s Man City’s time to win it all, they will only get better with each game they play ❤🏆🏆🏆🙏🏽🇯🇲

City also shouldn't have lost against Brentford, or drawn with Villa and Everton. Long story short, Arsenal us an average team playing against against underperformeing teams.

it's amazing how Craig always tries and move the goal post 5 games ago he was on the gunners bandwagon now he singing a different tune smh

De best

Everybody talking about saliba as if his absence is the only reason arsenal lost. Saliba alone cannot save arsenal

From Gunner to GONErs real quick

Hey guys, Newcastle is still mathematically able to win the EPL title.

It's all because there was no Saliba.

Shaka and his analysis are so pathetic. He says the Liverpool game is where thing started falling apart whereas at the point he still believed that Arsenal would bounce back and go on to win the league. I think he was asked again if he backs Arsenal after the west ham game and he said yes.

I never had any doubt in me that Arsenal will surely bottle it at last, because they're specialists in failure😂😂

It was always city. Never arsenal. Gary neville was sooo right

PEP with his usual mind playing tricks & humble pretention, congrats City 😆😆

City makes it a farmers league

Arteta looks scared himself. No wonder it got to his players. Amateur hour galore

Arsenal they already lost the before they played City past 3 match it's okay to Lost to city but not lower league teams

If chelsea score a goal against holding 😂

Arsenal bottling it but if City are guilty for the charges against them, will Arsenal have this title in the end?

@ivanbravo4536

Жыл бұрын

Dream on😂😂😂

@yourdailyjoe3155

Жыл бұрын

No, if city are found to be guilty, I believe it's 2009-2018 that may possibly be revoked

@hpyoung9646

Жыл бұрын

It will be 2years at least so coys

@JUFFAIR101

Жыл бұрын

@@yourdailyjoe3155keep dreaming 😂

@yourdailyjoe3155

Жыл бұрын

@@JUFFAIR101 What are you on about

Arsenal players bottled top 4 last season and now most likely they bottled the titled. The bottling mentality is settling in , they are turning Spursy

That grin Hislop. He was a flop during his days. Opportunist pundit.

No I hate how people shite on Arsenal They’ve been amazing this season Arteta is a class manager It’s going to be great to see them in the CL next season ARSENAL ARSENAL

@user-tb3vg1dy8d

Жыл бұрын

Class manager?? During back-to-back season they bottled their April objectives..

Let’s not forget the 6 points that Arsenal have had robbed off them by dodgy officials this season. One official sacked.. three written apologies from PGMOL… not good enough.

@ayanlehassan-gp3pq

Жыл бұрын

Still crying about the ref, while ur team is emotionally broken down

Bringing these Arsenal fans back down to earth 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 They were getting hella cocky

Manchester City will be on top on Sunday 😀

InshAllah city will win

These pundits saud pep over thinking 🤔 and put his players under the bus..

give arsenal messi ronaldo and 40 points lead.still they will bottle it

🍼🍼🍼🍼😢😢

What is he taking about ? City City is not in a run, in the league yes but not in all com

@SocialTubeTV

Жыл бұрын

STFU, are u blind or just another hater? City are on a run in all competition n that's the thing that hurts all of u haters

@russellward4624

Жыл бұрын

How aren't City on a run? Haven't lost a game in all comps in like 13 games.

@GermanChickenwing

Жыл бұрын

@@russellward4624 1-1 against Bayern stoped the winning runs in all com

Zinchenko so overrated.

ARSENAL WILL LOSE ANOTHER GAME AND DRAW ANOTHER ONE BOTTLERS😂

Arsenal will win the league by 2 points. Pin this comment for reference

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