Arsenal’s Form, Champions League, and The Final Fixtures

On February 26th at 2.05pm, there was no hope. Gone. Dead. Buried. Arsenal were doomed. 13 points behind their great rivals. Arsene Wenger didn’t know where to look, with cameras from across the globe glaring at him from all angles. The fans were outraged, embarrassed and feeling let down by the club. All this on the back of cup humiliations at Sunderland and AC Milan. It really seemed like the end of the world for the gunners. But it changed, very quickly.
Bacary Sagna’s header against Spurs – the one which halved the deficit on 40 minutes in the North London derby two months back – could well be the most decisive goal of the whole campaign. The French right-back, who incidentally broke his leg against Harry Redknap...