Nights like these, under the lights in the pouring rain and against an opponent with nothing to lose, when your two main rivals have already won earlier in the weekend, are the ones where title challenges can take an unexpected tumble.
The problem with that, though, is nobody appeared to inform Mikel Arteta and his Arsenal side. The only things that tumbled here, in the end, were the records. With this, their seventh consecutive league victory to move within two points of Liverpool at the top, Arsenal became the first team in English league history to win three straight away games by a margin of five or more goals. In truth, this match could have been won by a far greater margin than the six the visitors effectively declared on against a Sheffield United team sinking down to the Championship with a whimper.
