arsenal have officially reached a new low

Arsenal’s season reached a new low as the Gunners were easily swept aside in yet another 3-0 defeat to Manchester City. While thrashings at the hands of their rivals has become pretty much part and parcel to the later Wenger years Thursday night’s defeat may just earn itself its own notoriety as the day Arsenal suffered their worst ever defeat and as the day that Arsene Wenger’s career at Arsenal finally ended. On the surface, the 3-0 score line is not as bad when compared to their other humiliating defeats Arsenal have suffered at the hands of their rivals, however there is great distinction between those losses and the way they lost to City. Most, if not all, of those defeats occurred away from home where a combination of error, tactical naivety and feebleness in matches which matter led to Wenger and his men slinking off the field with their tails between their legs.

In Thursday’s defeat it was visibly clear that Arsenal had come out to play as they did on occasion trouble the City goal, but it soon became clear that even their best paled in comparison to City’s ordinary as the visitors were effortless in dispatching a so-called rival in a routine performance you’d usually see when the log leaders play a midtable or lower side. All in all, the loss to City highlighted the growing gulf in class not just between City and Arsenal, but the rest of the sides above them.

The Gunners in the games in the league against the top five have only won one out of a possible nine games, collecting only 5 points out of a possible 27 which effectively means that Arsenal you can’t count Arsenal amongst the league’s best, but you could rather say they are the best of the rest. Arsenal have also been in what can be described as relegation form with 6 defeats in 13 matches in all competitions and even worse still their league form their league form has been horrendous.

Away from home the Gunners have only managed to win only three games away from home which is shocking considering that it’s well into the second half of the season. Looking to the weeks ahead it’s difficult to see Arsenal returning to anything near what they used and their life line in the form of the Europa League looks a step too far for them.