Online Reporter
LONDON. — Arsenal’s hideous run of form has seen the pendulum swing back towards Manchester City.
Mikel Arteta‘s men have won just once in six games in this period, drawing once and losing the other four. For context, this form is even WORSE than that of relegation-threatened rivals Tottenham over the same period — with the North Londoners winning one, drawing two and losing three of their last six.
Although winless in the Prem since December 28, Spurs did beat Atletico Madrid 3-2 in the second leg of their Champions League round of 16 clash.
Igor Tudor also managed to earn a 1-1 draw at Liverpool, while Roberto De Zerbi‘s men shared the spoils with Brighton on Saturday.
Arsenal lost last month’s Carabao Cup final to City, before seeing another potential road to silverware closed by Southampton in the FA Cup.
Their Prem title hopes were then dented by back-to-back defeats to Bournemouth and City.
Arsenal did reach the semi-finals of the Champions League in this period by winning 1-0 at Sporting ahead of a second leg 0-0 bore draw.
Glum Gooners can take heart from the fact that, at least in the eyes of Opta, they remain favourites to win the Premier League title.
Although not as overwhelming as the 97.6 per cent that they were given on March 14, Arsenal are still said to have a 73 per cent shot at winning the league by the supercomputer. But irrespective of the title odds, a City win at Burnley on Wednesday would see the Sky Blues go top of the table. And the pressure is only set to ramp up further as Arsenal host out-of-sorts Newcastle this Saturday, desperate to get back on track. — The Sun
Mathew Masinge