Arsenal’s response to hitting their first blip will define the Premier League title race

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After a game when Mikel Arteta disputed Brentford’s goal, and debate about how good Arsenal were has fed into doubt from more points dropped, there is only thing that can be said for certain. This season - no matter what happens - was never going to be an inexorable run to the title.

There were always going to be spells of dropped points.