“We have built a lot of illusion and enthusiasm,” he said, “that we could go all the way and win it”. The title was realistically long gone before they arrived in Nottingham.Īrteta was downbeat afterwards citing the draws at Anfield and away at West Ham as turning points. With the prize within their grasp in April and May they have won just two of their last eight games. They would win at Stamford Bridge the following weekend and then at Molineux and would not lose in the league until the start of February.
On the last day of October, Mikel Arteta’s team put five goals past Nottingham Forest at the Emirates to go back to the top of the league after 12 games. The question now, is what Arsenal emerges for 2023-24. What was for some time one of the most unexpected and exciting title challenges has crumbled in the spring sunshine. For Arsenal, the end of the season cannot come soon enough. Manchester City are champions again, for the fifth time in six years, and the rest will hope that this is the peak of their dominance, although in the midst of these periods of pre-eminence it is always hard to divine the end. The demise of Arsenal’s Premier League title challenge of 2022-23 has been so steep that it did not even make it to the final day, where they will reconvene one last time in north London next Sunday to reflect on all that was lost.
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