This wasn't the type of record-breaking season that Arsenal's players and Mikel Arteta had in mind eight games ago.
Their stumbling finish to the season was compounded by Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest, which confirmed Manchester City as 2022/23 Premier League champions despite Pep Guardiola's men still having three games to play. It also meant Arsenal have now picked up just nine points out of possible 24, having previously been in command in the title race.
An emotional Arteta admitted afterwards his side had fallen short when it mattered, saying: “I apologise. We believed we could do it but we haven’t and that is my responsibility. I am so sad because we wanted to find a way to do it. We fell short and I apologise because it’s my job and it’s my responsibility and I have to analyse this.”
