@obinnamadichie the fact that some fans were calling for Mikel to get sacked this season is mental, too. They probably started "supporting" Arsenal halfway through last season
Arsenal 61pts- 8th. Chelsea 67pts- 4th. only 6 points from 4th but rival fans love to only mention the position without any context, yes it's bad for a club like arsenal but literally everyone was shit that season and if a few results went our way and stopped getting red cards for the silliest things we could've easily got top 4.
Every other big club would've sacked him. It''s extremely rare in modern football that a manager gets so much time and backing. Arsenal stuck with Arteta through this period and it's paying off now.
City finish 86 points while they won a few games remaining. No team is pushing them. While now, with 86 pts, none of them is enough to win the league. What a season we're watching now.
Man, I wonder how I was so adamant as an Arteta In guy looking at our lockdown football. Seriously though, I think we played some beautiful football but only got setbacked by horrendous finishing, some terrible defensive mistake and some silly ref decisions.