Wasting one early two-goal lead is careless but there is no excuse for doing it twice in eight days. The title pressure has finally told on Arsenal.
For those of a certain vintage, an irresistible title contender opening a half by scoring a couple of times and sensing an opportunity to render a daunting goal difference gap obsolete, only to then allow that casual, complacent confidence to manifest itself as a comeback for their London-based hosts playing in shades of red and blue, will be a little too close to the bone. This race to the Premier League trophy has been compelling enough not to have to rely on rehashing old storylines.
Worse still is just how avoidable those four dropped points in eight days have been. One draw after leading 2-0 early on is forgivable as long as lessons are learned; at West Ham, Arsenal tripped up on“The crowd got going. The goal gave them some hope. At 2-0 we had the game in our hands,” said Mikel Arteta following the match at Anfield. “That was our chance to kill the game. Then we made a mistake. We had to show our resilience and our luck at times.
While Gabriel Jesus was once doing roulettes at left-back after temporarily swapping positions with makeshift striker Kieran Tierney, the entire Gunners backline was being anxiously occupied by Michail Antonio alone. Jarrod Bowen and Said Benrahma, who converted that spot-kick, had the spirit and energy to run at defenders when they previous seemed cowed.The Gunners invited pressure and the Hammers RSVP’d with instant glee. Aaron Ramsdale saved from Antonio.
, but they managed to weather that storm. Arsenal were caught up in it and their lack of response in attack was most concerning. They created almost nothing of real note after Benrahma’s goal, Saka wasting a late three-on-two and Rob Holding nodding one free-kick aimlessly wide. West Ham pushed harder for the winner, with Antonio hitting the crossbar.
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