After Arsenal lost to Manchester City and effectively ended their title hopes, I knew it wouldn’t be difficult for Manchester City not to win the Premier League again this season. Mikel Arteta has already given up hope after declaring that they have already accomplished something fantastic this season, namely qualification for the Champions League. After that statement, I knew the title competition was gone, and Arsenal will gladly take whatever position they end up in the league because their champion league status for next season is already assured.
I think so too. After Arsenal lost to Manchester City late last month, I knew their hopes of winning the league was starting to diminish. They have had a very good run and it’s only a pity they couldn’t actually claim the first place. I guess they’re satisfied with second place and qualifying for the champions league next season.
I definitely wasn’t expecting a loss from Arsenal when they had met with Nottm Forest. Arsenal had a whole lot of time with the ball in their possession but couldn’t make anything of it. They had made a very bad blunder with their passing that caused their opponents to put in a goal and then found it impossible to equalize.
This is yet another bad season for Arsenal, you might not agree with me because they sit in the 2nd place but psychologically, they and their fans would be affected. They held success in their hands and it blew away before their eyes. Not only did they miss lifting the trophy after about 2 decades, but they also continued to mess up with their subsequent games. There must be something wrong with the club, they are not just good competitors, and I doubt if they will be able to move farther in the Champions League they qualified for.
Arteta needs to seriously work on the psychology and morale of his side and makes a serious rearrangement next season because I possibly could not decipher where the problem comes from tactically.
@EarnOnVictor in my personal opinion this is one of most successful season Arsenal ever had because they single handedly managed to put pressure on City when other teams had already lost their way. Furthermore Arteta has got them back in the champions league and if backed in the transfer window I’m sure that he’ll get them trophies next season hence overall their fan’s shouldn’t be disappointed because at the start of the season no one even thought that they could be in the title race yet they managed to stun all till the very end.