If premier league titles were decided by days spent atop of the league, Arsenal’s silverware drought would finally be over.
Unfortunately for Arsene Wenger and the Londoners, it’s not.
As the EPL race has been run and won, Arsenal are left to rue another lost opportunity and will pin their success on having secured another Champions League entry.
City’s Aguero and Liverpool’s Suarez potted goals at will throughout the season, while the Gunners continued to shoot blanks up front. They needed a talisman to take charge.
As Olivier Giroud squandered countless opportunities on the field – while scoring off it – City and Liverpool continued to break goal-scoring records.
If Arsenal are serious about challenging for the title next season, coach Wenger needs to do away with playing ‘beautiful’ football.
While Arsenal’s crafty midfield is a delight to watch, the tactic is too often found out in the big games when winning ugly counts for everything.
Chelsea gave them a hiding 6-0 at Stamford Bridge.
Liverpool had scored four goals inside 16 minutes before rounding out a 5-1 thrashing at Anfield. City landed six against them at the Etihad.
These score lines may look to be saying more about the Arsenal back four than the men at the other end.
But that’s wrong.
City, Liverpool and Chelsea are ruthless in the final third. All three are destructive forces that know how to play gritty, while taking their chances as they come.
City have proved that the difference between winning titles and finishing fourth is the ability to capitalise on half-chances.
Having the desire to turn a decent pass into a crucial assist is one thing but having the ability to do so, is another. Arsenal need a clinical finisher.
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