Arsenal’s lost momentum raises a series of ‘what ifs’

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Arsenal may come again but eight-point leads, once squandered, are seldom regained

Nobody could realistically criticise Mikel Arteta for resting players given the slenderness of his squad, but it was as though that was the moment when, having gone chasing off the cliff, they glanced down and realised this progress wasn’t sustainable, that gravity was going to get them in the end.How much longer could they have gone on, defying football’s natural financial laws? There’s always misfortune to be blamed.

Arsenal's manager Mikel Arteta speaks to midfielder Granit Xhaka: Arsenal had their chance against City. At half-time, the Gunners had had 59.5 per cent of the ball. Photograph: Ian Kington/AFP/Getty, the VAR official, Lee Mason, was understandably blamed for becoming so fixated on a possible blocking run by Ethan Pinnock that he failed to consider whether Christian Nørgaard was offside in squaring for Ivan Toney to equalise, but there is rarely only one factor at play.

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