Does the Arsenal vintage of 2022/23 belong on this list of all-time Premier League title bottle jobs? The top five is impenetrable in terms of chucking it.
Never doubt the power of Jose Mourinho’s PR. The Portuguese’s “little horse” shtick helped deflect attention from his trophyless first season back at Chelsea in 2013/14, admittedly with no little assistance from one of his oldest foes.and Chelsea took great satisfaction in halting the Liverpool title procession almost a decade ago, but their fabled 2-0 win at Anfield should have resonated even further.
But in another case of slipping up sooner and less memorably, Arsenal’s botched run is often overlooked. It was they who Celebrated Like They Won The League™ when they beat Leicester with Danny Welbeck’s last-minute winner on Valentine’s Day, capitalising on those high spirits by then losing to a Man Utd side with a defence of Varela, Carrick, Blind, Rojo, and Marcus Rashford making his debut up front.
Even when Marc Overmars secured a crucial victory, Wenger declared Man Utd to have a “small advantage” in the race, while Ferguson said it was “inevitable” Arsenal would drop points eventually. And they did. But only after they had stormed to 10 consecutive wins, only resting players for the upcoming FA Cup final in defeats to Liverpool and Aston Villa when the title was wrapped up.
Four consecutive draws derailed them, a run which started with that infamous trip to Birmingham when what was an impressive response to falling behind after Eduardo’s gruesome injury to lead 2-1, became a capitulation after the concession of a stoppage-time penalty.
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