This was no choke by Arsenal but Manchester City simply have a better squad, all-time great manager and nation-state wealth
The correct answer is, of course, no. Or at least, it is if we can move beyond the pure pleasure of footballing schadenfreude. Losing the league doesn’t have to be a collapse or a failure of character, although no doubt this is the kind of entry‑level psycho‑whiffle that will be punted about the place by some of our more heavyweight ex‑pro pundits.
By the end of the afternoon there was a Weirs internal mathematics to the Sunday games at the top of the Premier League.. Two hours later the same Brighton team that lost 5-1 against Everton beat Arsenal 3-0. Is this a collapse? Arsenal have lost/are losing/will lose the league because they dropped nine points in four games across 17 days in April, when they kept scoring but just couldn’t keep them out. They collapsed/choked/lacked character because the squad wasn’t deep enough to allow for the loss of a key defender, because their best attacking players have no rotational backup and have grown weary in the last few weeks of an endless season.
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