armory‘S Premier League The Championship charge suffered another blow on Wednesday, leaving many Gunners fans wondering: “Is this happening again?”
A 2-2 draw down wolverhampton wanderers In the context of the 2025-26 title race, this was quite disastrous. After losing a point in their previous league outing, a 1–1 draw brentfordMikel Arteta’s side blew a two-goal lead at Molineux but failed to extend their lead heading into the second half. Manchester City Up to seven points and put your destiny in your own hands.
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After topping the table since September, Arsenal have lost steam in recent weeks at a crucial point in the season. They have now won only two of their last seven league matches.
Their lead at the top of the Premier League has reduced to just five points, with City (who have a game in hand) now breathing down their neck. Simply put, if City manages to win all of their remaining 12 games, including the home match against Arsenal in April, they will remain top. The same can be said for Arsenal, should they rally to win their remaining 11 games, including the crucial trip to the Etihad, but they have left no margin for error.
All is not lost though, recent history does not make for pleasant reading for Arteta’s flailing side. City have finished much stronger than Arsenal during the closing stages of the last four seasons – regardless of their position in the table relative to the Gunners.
There is still a lot of football left to play this campaign, but the fact remains that Arsenal have put fewer points on the board than City by this stage in every season since 2021-22. They will need to buck this trend if they are to prevent their agonizing wait for another Premier League title stretching into its 23rd year.
2021-22
Arsenal were the youngest team in the Premier League, with an average age of only 24 years and 308 days. They were never really in the title race, instead struggling for European qualification. despite being closely followed liverpoolCity spent the entire second half of the season at the top of the table and eventually won the league by a single point.
By comparison, Pep Guardiola’s champions claimed 30 points from their remaining 12 games of the season, while Arsenal could only muster 18 points in the same time frame, leaving them fifth and uefa europa league Ability.
2022-23
At the same point three years ago, Arsenal were top of the table having played 27 matches, five points ahead of second-placed defending champions City (sound familiar?), having both played the same number of games.
The Gunners remained top until Gameweek 33, when they were beaten 4–1 by City at the Etihad and knocked off top spot in the process. City won the title by five points, taking 31 points from their last 12 games, compared to Arsenal’s relatively low 21 points. This was the first part of City’s treble triumph, as they also won fa cup And uefa champions league That weather.
2023-24
Arsenal competed with Manchester City and Liverpool for the title for most of the 2023–24 campaign. Indeed, there was often only a point or two separating the three teams in the second half of the season, which proved to be one of the more exciting title races in recent years.
The Gunners went far and even topped the table on several occasions in May. But ultimately, it was not enough to prevent City from getting back on track and winning a fourth consecutive title. Guardiola’s team earned just one point more than Arsenal during their last 12 matches, but it was enough for them to finish things off with a win. west ham united Last day.
2024-25
With Manchester City struggling with fatigue and not on good pace in the title race, Liverpool and Arsenal were left to vie at the top of the Premier League. Arteta’s team had been in second place since December, but dropped points steadily during the last few weeks of the season (notably a shock 2–1 defeat at home). AFC Bournemouth in early May) allowed Liverpool to move top by 10 points.
Despite falling to seventh place just before Christmas, City at least managed to improve their results after the end of the year. They put more points on the board than Arsenal (27 points to 21) in their final 12 matches of the campaign and finished third, just three points behind the tired Gunners.
