It’s not official, but Arsenal’s miraculous title bid is all but over.
A 3-0 defeat at home to Brighton sapped the life out of what has, in isolation been a tremendous Premier League campaign for Mikel Arteta’s side.
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Regardless of how their final two fixtures play out, the Gunners will finish second and return to the Champions League for the first time since the 2016/17 season.
But considering Arsenal had been top of the ladder for the majority of the season, there will always be a sense of what could have been had the wheels not fallen off at the worst time possible.
The Gunners bottled a 2-0 lead in successive games against Liverpool and West Ham in April which gave the pessimists all the ammunition needed to tee off on Arsenal’s title hopes.
Two goals in the final two minutes against…