Arsenal suffered a major Premier League title blow on Wednesday evening as they were beaten 3-1 by Manchester City at Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners do still hold an advantage though as they have a game in hand over City, but Mikel Arteta will undoubtedly be worried about the direction his team are heading.
After City beat Arsenal in the FA Cup fourth round, they have not picked up three points in the Premier League since the 3-2 victory over Manchester United on January 22.
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In that time City have also dropped points, but a weekend triumph over Aston Villa gave the reigning champions the momentum to end Arsenal’s unbeaten streak in the league at Emirates Stadium.
Surprisingly, given their impressive defensive performances so far this season, Arsenal were the masters of their own downfall handing two goals on a platter to City, with Arteta detailing how low the margin for error must be to beat the top teams.
I thought in many moments we did and we had them, but if you give three goals the way we did and don’t put away the big chances that we had the margin for error is almost zero.
With no win in four, Arteta was quick to point out what his team must improve on if they hope to get back winning ways soon.
“But we wanted the points and we didn’t get them and at the end the games are decided in the boxes and we have given too much away today and weren’t ruthless enough to convert our chances.
