How can Arsenal match the unmatchable? Although dropping 12 points out of 21 during a run-in isn't enough for any team in any decisive stage, when it's Manchester City breathing down the necks every single strain is amplified.
If Mikel Arteta started to look stressed it was undoubtedly billed as Pep Guardiola's victory, another victim of his immense juggernaut. Arsenal have been ground down by the weight of the best and most expensive winning machine there has been in this country. A team that wins 10 straight games to see out the campaign on a yearly basis.
City have been able to do this with a near fully fit squad, too. Their own unorthodox centre-backs at full-back know no bounds. If it's not Nathan Ake then Aymeric Laporte will have to do. When it isn't Kyle Walker it's John Stone. Ruben Dias and Manuel Akanji fit in somewhere.
