What a disastrous week it’s been for Arsenal. Last Saturday, a win over Stoke took them to the top of the Premier League. Nine days and two games later, they find themselves nine points off leaders Chelsea and in a depressingly familiar fourth place in the table. Arsene Wenger’s hopes of lifting a first title in 12 years seem to be disappearing by the day.
Ordinarily, losing at Manchester City would be forgivable. However, the fact that this was a second loss in the space of six days made it particularly painful.