Arsenal has shown they are not bottlers after their win against an in-form Newcastle United today.
The Gunners recovered from a poor run of form to defeat Chelsea and Newcastle and put the pressure on Manchester City ahead of the remaining league games of the season.
Mikel Arteta’s men may have lost the top spot, but they were in impressive form against Newcastle, a team a lot of people expected to beat them.
The Magpies are chasing a Champions League spot and are in superb form, which meant it would be a tough day at the office for Arsenal’s players.
However, the Gunners dug deep and won the fixture to keep themselves close to Manchester City and Sky Sports’ Lewis Jones reckons the win shows they are not bottlers.
He said: “This gritty victory should dispel any notion that this Arsenal team are bottlers. Bottle-jobs tend to crumble on occasions like this at St James’ Park – only Liverpool have beaten them here in the last year. Superb from the Gunners. Good on them.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
Beating Newcastle United is not for the weak and we showed in that game that we have what it takes to deliver on a tough day.
Our players are some of the best in the competition and will be heroes if they keep winning and secure the title.
What crisis?
I love the haters quietness
We schooled them in temperament and passing. COYG!!
It’s easy for a pundit to call a team “bottlers”, but last season our form dipped so badly at a crucial time that we did appear to be messing our shorts. And the “three draws” run suggests something similar this time round.
Now that second spot is secure we should be able to hold on for a 100% win finish. Whether it will be enough is now down to the football gods, Brentford, and those lovely people from Brighton.
“Bottlers indeed!!
I can’t deny that those 3 results were inexplicable. Was it bottling or in part, complacency that the job was ‘done’? Although I was fuming, the team held out for draws. I think that is key. They didn’t fold, wring their hands and blame each other. They hung on.
The circumstances of this season are clearly different from last season.
It is far too easy too easy for pundits and fans to use emotive descriptions such as “bottlers” in order to express their unhappiness(fans) and denigrate(fans and pundits) the team.
This season I think a mix of factors, including a lack of experience, have meant we dropped points in circumstances we should have picked up more.
Against Liverpool the team expected a battle like we had against Newcastle. The game seemed almost too easy at the beginning then we got complacent. When they turned up the heat we could not react effectively and struggled to cope. Something similar happened at WH.
The Southampton game was somewhat different as it seems some players did not take them particularly seriously and approached the game as if we simply needed to turn up to win the game.
Absolutely right imo
The 3 draws we blew Liverpool away but couldn’t keep our cool, threw away a lead v West Ham after given them the run around and Southamption we conceded after 27seconds ffs!!
All this seems to happen when Saliba gets injured. Southampton also beat us this year so 4points out of 6, Everton beat us after new manager appointment and have done nothing really since.
We will learn just like we did last year for the top 4 push like we will this year for a title charge that I am sure after we add a few new faces we will be right up here again next season.
It’s not over yet, City need to drop points and we need to be right behind them to take advantage. Pressure is on City as 2nd place is cemented now for Arsenal and back to UCL…. now its near the wire and we’re still there.
Well done to the boys, yes we should be lifting the league title but did we really think we would be anywhere near where we are now? I certainly didn’t so let’s end the season with the shackles off and handbrake down!!
Footballing gods, 1 slip up this weekend from City and it’s squeaky bum time
Southampton did not beat us this season..both games were drawn