The upshot was that Arsenal missed the chance to move above Leicester City into first place in the Premier League.
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To finish first would mean taking responsibility, in the same way that Martin Keown, Sol Campbell, Patrick Vieira, Dennis Bergkamp or Thierry Henry could be held accountable. “This is why the Premier League is so special because you don’t have easy games, you don’t have a massive difference between teams”. Since 2004, the seasons have just continued to drift by.
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Luckily they have the oppourtunity to atone for this result on Monday when they face Bournemouth, but for the time being it’s a blow to the confidence of a team who really need to affirm themselves as title challengers.
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That, in itself, was less of a concern to Wenger than his team’s below-par showing ahead of home matches against Bournemouth and Newcastle, which both look like must-wins if Arsenal are to remain serious title contenders.
However, the signs were there against Man City as we should have wrapped the game up but were instead hanging on at the end and it was more relief than joy at the final whistle. We want to respond from disappointments.
Simon Brotherton: “Even in this most unpredictable of seasons I don’t think many would have predicted that Southampton would give Arsenal a 4-0 thumping on Boxing Day, certainly not me anyway”. “No”. Did he sense something before the game? Wenger asked, to which the answer should have been: run the channels relentlessly, stretch Arsenal and bully Koscielny and Per Mertesacker.
After the break, the Gunners continued to toil, with Shane Long making it 2-0 to the hosts, albeit after Laurent Koscielny had been fouled in the build-up. “I felt we were physically not at our best tonight”.
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“I believe what I say to my players is between my players and myself”, he said after the 4-0 hammering at St Mary’s. Theo Walcott and Joel Campbell also came off. We have two big home games so lets focus on that. What a night for them. They were six without a win before Arsenal’s visit.
A Shane Long brace, combined with goals from Cuco Martina and Jose Fonte, denied the Gunners the chance to go top following Leicester City’s defeat to Liverpool, leaving The Foxes on top by two points.
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Ronald Koeman’s side were excellent this evening; tactically sound, full of creativity and more than anything else they had the desire to go on and win.
