Piers Morgan has slated Arsenal for ‘bottling’ the Premier League title following their 3-0 house defeat by Brighton on the Emirates on Sunday.
Mikel Arteta’s aspect wanted to win all of their remaining video games to maintain the stress on Manchester City – who they moreover wanted to drop factors – however capitulated within the second-half towards Roberto De Zerbi’s Seagulls.
Morgan is a lifelong Gunners supporter and needed his crew to carry a primary English top-flight title in virtually 20 years this season, however has now gone in on Arteta and Arsenal’s younger stars for successfully handing Man City a 3rd consecutive Premier League crown.
Not afraid to again his views in-person or on social media, Morgan was responding to a remark by broadcaster Jake Humphrey who was making an attempt to clarify that Arsenal ending second was nonetheless a hit for the membership.
Humphrey tweeted: ‘I hate this narrative that Arsenal bottled it. They have pushed one of many PL’s biggest ever groups all the way in which, and carried out it with a younger coach and younger gamers who completed fifth final season.
Arsenal slumped to a 3-0 house defeat towards a powerful Brighton aspect on Sunday
Arsenal stars Bukayo Saka (left) and Martin Odegaard regarded dejected at full-time
Man City now maintain a transparent benefit with a 4 level lead over Arsenal and a recreation in-hand
Arsenal fan Piers Morgan (proper) has slammed Mikel Arteta’s (left) aspect for ‘bottling’ the league
‘It’s nothing however a hit. They fell quick, they will be stronger for it.’
Some rival followers have mocked Arsenal for ‘bottling’ the league who beforehand maintained an eight level lead over Man City earlier than surrendering two aim leads in back-to-back attracts towards Liverpool and West Ham earlier than drawing with now-relegated Southampton.
Arteta and his younger Gunners crew can nonetheless mathematically win the title, however would require City to endure an enormous slip-up of their remaining three video games the place additionally they preserve a recreation in-hand on the chasing pack.
Morgan refused to drag any punches in his criticism, posting on-line: ‘It’s not ‘success’ to be 8pts clear, then fail to win two consecutive video games after we have been 2-0 up, go 2-0 down in 10 minutes at house to the worst crew within the League, get humiliated at City, and give up in a pitiful method to Brighton at house at the moment.
‘It’s failure, and we bottled it.’
Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard admitted after Sunday’s disheartening defeat that there was ‘no hope’ for his aspect within the Premier League title race now.
The dejected Norwegian admitted after the sport: ‘Yes, it appears like that [the title is gone]. I feel it will be very tough to be sincere. So yeah it is a robust one to take.
‘It’s not a very good feeling in the intervening time particularly the way in which we performed within the second half. It’s an enormous, huge disappointment and sure it appears like no hope now.’
Meanwhile Manchester City continued their quest for a 3rd successive league title by beating Everton 3-0 at Goodison Park.
Ilkay Gundogan scored twice for the second recreation in a row, whereas Erling Haaland bagged his thirty sixth Premier League aim of the season with a first-half header that beat Jordan Pickford.
