It is surely over bar the shouting. There was plenty of that in increasingly desperate measure from the Arsenal support but, with their team falling short, it feels safe to say that Manchester City are about to be crowned as the Premier League champions for the fifth time in six seasons.
Arsenal have given it a heck of a roll and it seems like a trick of the mind that many people did not think they would finish in the top four before the start of the campaign. But needing victory to keep alive their title hopes after City had won at Everton earlier in the day, they were brought to their knees by Roberto De Zerbi’s Brighton, who gave a second-half masterclass and can scent European qualification for the first time in their club’s history.
