Arsenal suffered a major blow in their Premier League (PL) title race as they lost to Brighton today (May 14) with a scoreline of 0-3 at the Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners are now four points behind the league leaders Manchester City having played one more game.
Arsenal who were once leading the Premier League table, dropped nine points in four games in the month of April.
The Gunners had an eight-point lead by the end of match week 29, since then they only managed to win just two out of six matches which put a dent in their title dream.
A draw against Liverpool at Anfield on April 9, after scoring 2 goals within the first 30 minutes, Arsenal could not keep up their lead as they conceded a late equalizer by Roberto Firmino to end the game by 2-2.
A week after drawing against Liverpool at Anfield, Arsenal once again could not manage to keep up their lead against West Ham United at the London Stadium as they scored two goals within the first ten minutes but ended up conceding two by West Ham on April 16.
A 3-3 draw against Southampton at the Emirates Stadium on April 22, where the Gunners managed to win one point thanks to a late equalizer by Bukayo Saka.
Then a 4-1 loss against Manchester City at The Etihad Stadium on April 27.
That is how Arsenal dropped nine points in four consecutive matches.
Man City now needs just one win to win the Premier League for the fourth time in the last five years.
Their remaining matches are against Chelsea, Brighton, and Brentford.
While Arsenal's remaining league games are against Nottingham Forest and Wolverhampton Wanderers (Wolves).
The last time Arsenal won the Premier League title was in the 2003-04 season, the famous ‘Invincibles’ campaign as they didn’t lose any of their 38 games that season.
The last trophy Arsenal won was the FA Cup in the 2019-20 season, they also won the FA Community Shield in 2020. Both of those trophies were won by Arteta.