If it wasn’t over already, Arsenal’s pursuit of the Premier League title ended officially after a draw against Crystal Palace. The Gunners now sit 13 points adrift of league leaders Leicester with their season well and truly over.
For large quarters of the game, the Gunners were undoubtedly the better team. However, despite scoring at the stroke of half time courtesy of a brilliant Alexis Sanchez header, they weren’t able to translate their dominance in terms of goals.
Thus, when Crystal Palace got back in the game after a Yannick Bolasie goal in the 81st minute, there were muted groans inside the Emirates, as they had seen it coming. Now that their title bid is over, the Gunners need to look below them in order to secure a Champions League finish.
Thus, after today’s stalemate which has left them at the 4th spot, the Gunners were roasted by the Twitter users for bottling yet another year.
Although the Arsenal fans might tell you that they might have seen this type of performance coming, another thing which was bound to greet them after today’s capitulation is this tweet…
https://twitter.com/Footy_Jokes/status/721744383633063937
Now, just in case you were wondering how Arsenal threw away their title bid, this tweet might clear your mind …
Arsenal's last 12 matches in all competitions: Three wins, four draws, five losses https://t.co/uFSm3KDERO pic.twitter.com/H6JqmsJU5T
— Mail Sport (@MailSport) April 17, 2016
You can’t forget Piers Morgan in moments like these, can you Arsenal fans?
Any tiny chance Arsenal had of winning the league has evaporated now. Cue @piersmorgan diatribe….
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) April 17, 2016
For the Arsenal fans who are also Star War Lovers, a mention after today’s result …
FT: Arsenal 1-1 Crystal Palace.
Arsenal stay fourth on the Premier League table. pic.twitter.com/1qvJejEmej
— B/R Football (@brfootball) April 17, 2016
Keep your enemies closer they said …
Not a bad way to respond to the jeers…
Injury time.
Arsenal 1-1 Crystal Palacehttps://t.co/YNWK1VDXT5 pic.twitter.com/lVRTUgmAFk
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) April 17, 2016
Liverpool fans aren’t far behind whenever there comes a chance of sprinkling salt on Arsenal’s wounds …
After Liverpool drew 3-3 with Arsenal in January, the team's were 9th and 1st in the table.
Might be 4th and 6th by 10pm on Wednesday.— Andrew Beasley (@BassTunedToRed) April 17, 2016
Arsenal are on course to break a Premier League record, however, it isn’t so pleasant
1 – Arsenal have won just one London derby in league competition this season; their fewest since the 1963/64 campaign (1). Taxi.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 17, 2016
That’s all folks.
