How numerous times is a title race get declared over? And does anyone believe that Bruno Fernandes target played any portion at all in their loss?
They think its all overagain
How many days is a subject race been declared over? Surely, there wasnt a single person outside of perhaps Mikel Arteta ( and his dog, Win ) who thought that if Arsenal could somehow score a winner at Manchester United, they would be a mere 13 points behind Liverpool ( one defeat all season ) in the Premier League table and it would be game on.
We understand it is a tad frustrating that the Premier League title race is over were all searching for narratives where there are none but that draw at Old Trafford shifted their odds of winning the title from about 30/1 to 40/1. In other words, damned doubtful became definitely damned doubtful.
And yet here we are, with The Sun declaring on their back page that now the TITLE RACE IS OVER. Because 15 factors is apparently insurmountable while 13 factors would have been a part of p***.
In the second paragraph on the actual back page we are told that Paul Merson declared his ex-clubs chances of catching Liverpool are over following the draw at Manchester United. Guys, he was using the word impossible a month ago.
If you had kept listening you do have actually heard Merson say: Fifth are nearer to Arsenal than Arsenal are to second. Card get saying they have to concentrate and make sure they get in the best four! Now thats newsworthy.
On the inside pages, Dave Kidd writes that it was probably the most irrelevant United-Arsenal fixture of the Premier League era, with Arsenals pursuit of Liverpool clearly a wild goose chase, while Amorims side cannot realistically be relegated nor qualify for Europe.
A wild goose chase and yet your back page claims that now ( and only now ) the title race/Rice is over.
The Daily Mirror say that Bruno Fernandes effectively ended Arsenals title hopes while the Daily Star say the Portuguese midfielder left Arsenals title hopes in tatters.
Hmmm. Yet apart from the fact that Arsenal would still have been 13 points behind Liverpool had they won at Old Trafford, is an starting goal that is then equalised ever be said to have left everything in disarray? The easy solution? Is it balls.
Bus stop
Stats show how Ruben Amorim emulated idol Jose Mourinho with cautious Man Utd tactics keeping Arsenal at bay The Sun.
Strange how the little, little worse group opted to play very competitively against the Premier Leagues second-best aspect who had scored seven objectives in midweek.
And Jose Mourinho is definitely the only coach in the world who would have come up with that plan.
We expected better of The Guardianwho wrote that this was Amorims first home game against a big six club, but it might as well have been away. He parked the vehicle. His minimum 3-4-2-1 was basically a 5-4-1. United started with no Little 9 and only one real ahead, Alejandro Garnacho.
Pesky point: Manchester United are the 14th-best team in the Premier League. What the exact f*** did you expect?
Tell it to my heart
Over in the Liverpool media, nobody wants to linger too long on that almost meritless win over Southampton, which is how we end up here on the Liverpool Echo:
Im sure Declan Rice makes telling Liverpool title admission after Arsenal slip-up
And whats the telling Liverpool title admission?
England have been remarkable all year, payment to them but its not over yet, we need to maintain pushing.
My, that really is a ) telling and b ) quite the entrance. Certainly worth the time of a Senior Football Writer.
But where does the Im convinced come in?
[We’ll] keep pushing, exact attitude and Im know also be nice.
We take it back, this is great, great news.
We, the accused
One of the truly lowest techniques in this business is to get a athletes quotes about how him and his colleagues have failed and apparently make it sound like a person has turned on his associates.
Declan Rice was very clear about where Arsenal fell short at Old Trafford
In the first half, we had some beautiful bits of play but didnt have that cutting edge. In the second half, we were very naive and almost gave the game to Man United. To get back in the game and to score and keep pushing. Its probably a fair point in the end.
If you read those quotes and immediately think Declan Rice vents frustrations with naive Arsenal team-mates after Man Utd draw then congratulations, for you could work for Mirror Sport. And thats really not a compliment.
And if you read these quotes, search Rices name on X, find some lunatics and then write
Arsenal fans turn on Declan Rice after what he said on air following Man United draw
then maybe you can work for Football Insider.
