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Europa League or bust? Arsenal's top four hopes virtually in tatters

The 3-0 loss at Leicester means the Gunners will now almost certainly have to win the Europa League in order to qualify for the Champions League

"Champions League, you’re having a laugh!"

That was the song that rang around the King Power stadium soon after Youri Tielemans had nodded in James Maddison’s cross to score the goal that surely ended Arsenal’s top four hopes for another season.

And the 3,000 Arsenal supporters in the ground just had to sit there and take it knowing what was coming their way from the Leicester fans couldn’t really be disputed - not on this evidence anyway.