The 2022-23 Premier League season can be remembered for the thrilling title race between Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis.
Mikel Arteta’s Gunners had been prime of the desk constantly since August however they allowed Metropolis to snap at their heels after drawing towards Liverpool, West Ham and Southampton in consecutive matches.
And, following defeats to Metropolis and Brighton, some have inevitably accused them of committing probably the most heinous sin in soccer – the bottle job.
At one level in January, Arsenal had a five-point lead over Metropolis with a recreation in hand. However how do they examine to the largest title collapses of the Premier League period? FootTheBall check out the 5 sides who threw away comfy leads on the prime of the desk.
Manchester United: 1997/98 – 11 factors
United didn’t have the Nineties all their very own manner they usually managed to spurn an enormous 11-point lead with simply 9 video games remaining in 1998, even when Arsenal did have three video games in hand.
The Gunners turned the season on its head with a 1-0 win at Outdated Trafford, due to a Marc Overmars’ winner, earlier than eight consecutive wins did sufficient to dethrone the champions.
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Arsenal: 2002/03 – 8 factors
Wenger by no means led Arsenal to successive league titles, however they seemed destined to retain their title in 2002-03.
By March, they’d constructed up an eight-point lead over Manchester United and seemed all set. However they fell aside within the spring, profitable simply 4 of their final 9 matches, and a 3-2 residence defeat to relegation-battling Leeds United was a deadly blow.
Ferguson’s Crimson Devils gained 15 of their remaining 18 matches and ended up ending 5 factors clear.
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Manchester United: 2011/12 – 8 factors
Alex Ferguson thought he had seen all of it in additional than three many years in soccer administration however even he was left astounded by his Manchester United blowing a 4-2 lead in an epic draw with Everton at an important level within the 2011-12 title race.
“It was a throwaway, an absolute giveaway,” Ferguson fumed. “We simply wanted to see the sport out, and it’s a travesty as a result of a few of our soccer was improbable. The targets we scored have been nice.
“To present away 4 targets at Outdated Trafford in a house recreation that’s so essential… I simply can’t consider it.”
Sadly for Ferguson, issues have been about to get much more unimaginable, and much more devastating for United.
First, they turned in an uncharacteristically cautious and borderline listless efficiency in a 1-0 loss to title rivals Manchester Metropolis that allowed their “noisy neighbours” to go prime of the desk on aim distinction with simply two video games to go.
United saved the strain on proper till the final seconds of the season, by beating each Swansea and Sunderland. Nevertheless, Metropolis gained the closest title race in Premier League historical past due to THAT Sergio Aguero aim on the ultimate day.
Liverpool: 2013/14 – 3 factors
Not at all did the Reds have the largest lead on this record, however one which makes the lower for transpiring over simply three video games.
Gerrard’s slip allowed Chelsea to safe a 2-0 win at Anfield, whereas the surrendering of a 3-0 lead away at Crystal Palace ended any hopes of thwarting Metropolis’s second Premier League title win.
Newcastle United: 1995/96 – 12 factors
Kevin Keegan’s Entertainers are arguably probably the most memorable Premier League aspect to not win the title.
That they had a 12-point lead over Manchester United at one level however issues fell aside dramatically with a run of 5 defeats in eight video games within the March.
The title collapse is synonymous with Keegan – haunched over the promoting hoardings at Anfield and his “I might find it irresistible” speech are two important items of Premier League iconography and inform the story of Newcastle’s marketing campaign.
