Arsenal, the Premier League title race and charges of ‘bottling’
No sooner had Roberto De Zerbi wiped the grass stains from his knees following Brighton’s not entirely surprising humbling of Arsenal than Social Media Abomination Twitter and the airwaves were humming with accusations that Arsenal had, in some way, “bottled” the title. Indeed, even some of their own fans had streamed out of the Emirates well before the final whistle, assuming that the jig was up not only against the Seagulls but against Manchester City too. On a run of 11 consecutive league wins, Pep Guardiola’s side might not even need another from their last three games to take a fifth title in six years, but will probably get it anyway in their final home game against Chelsea, despite the managerial savvy of the man in the away team’s technical area.
