Gary Neville believes Arsenal’s draws against Southampton and West Ham were the results that ruined their title charge after their 3-0 loss to Brighton yesterday.
The Gunners have recovered from a terrible run to beat Chelsea and Newcastle, with fans hoping they would earn another hard-fought win against the Seagulls.
However, Roberto de Zerbi’s stubborn side embarrassed the Gunners with one of the surprising results of the weekend which has more or less ended Arsenal’s bid to win the Premier League.
Neville insists they have had a good season but pinpoints those two results as the games that ruined their chances of winning the title.
He said via The Daily Mail:
‘Manchester City have gone on an incredible run, winning 11 on the bounce, but Arsenal have lost 12 points in the last seven games against teams that they shouldn’t have done.
‘Southampton and West Ham one just hurt them too much and today they’ve just been outplayed.
‘That’s it. The title is over Arsenal have had a very good season. An excellent season. It’s just been too much for them.’
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On that run, when we dropped points in four games, we knew it would take a miracle to get back in the title race.
However, we did not expect Brighton to deal us such a heavy blow and the boys must take the blame for allowing that to happen to them.
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There is not a Jack man that is more disappointed than I am, but I will quick to admit massive progress has been made.
The gaffer has got the fire in his belly and has shown signs of being a top manager one day, he may just need a steady hand someone of a calming influence alongside him.
100 charges of cheating, rule breaches and FFP violations by the UAE sattelite cannot be wrong. Talk of Arsenal bottling? I am sure the 18 teams below them would love to be in Arsenal’s position right now
So Billy, what are the ramifications/penalties for breaching financial fair play provisions?
If there is no enforcement by the FA or FIFA, what does that say about thd controlling bodies?
No sh*t, Sherlock (Gary Neville). It really started with the 1-0 loss to Everton away.
As much as any of us don’t take to GN, he was right in what he said months ago. Whilst some of us were blinkered by the great season we had and were convinced this was our year, GN had warned of the mounting pressure towards the end of the season. He was right and should be given due respect. As much as it hurts. BTW, I was never convinced we would win. I remained realistic. Although I was massively disappointed in the way in which we imploded against teams we should have beaten.
Not sure why we need to highlight Neville telling us all what we already knew.
The defeat away to Everton was the start. It showed many of our deficiencies that have come back too haunt us.