If Arsenal’s wait for the Premier League title is to extend beyond the end of the season, this will go down as the day when their challenge faltered. After last Sunday’s 2-2 draw at Liverpool, the coaching staff had been happy with the point, even if they accepted that the game management had to improve. There were not so many ‘what ifs?’ – even though they had led 2-0.
It was an entirely different feeling here. This was a game that Arsenal had in the palm of their hand, initially after they surged into an early 2-0 lead; at that point, the natives were restless in the London Stadium, Arsenal’s superiority pronounced.
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