Arsenal’s dream of returning to the Champions League after six years in the wilderness is disappearing and already the blame game has started.
The Gunners are not yet without any hope, but relying on the Premier League ’s bottom side to do them a favour against an in-form Tottenham side is not a good situation to be in. Norwich City may beat Spurs and Arsenal may overcome Everton on Sunday – stranger things have happened after all – but the chances are slim, especially considering the Canaries have won just once in their last 15 league games.
In truth, Arsenal have all but blown it. They lost 3-0 to Tottenham last week and compounded the misery by going down 2-0 at Newcastle on Monday night. Mikel Arteta’s side have surrendered their advantage in the race for fourth place in a damning fashion, with Rob Holding’s red card against Spurs followed by a meek collective performance at St James’ Park.
