00:00Yes, the Gunners are still four points clear at the top of the table, but they are winless in their last three games.
00:07After beating Bournemouth away four games ago, Arsenal have drawn it home to Liverpool, away at Nottingham Forest, and have just lost to a rejuvenated Manchester United under Michael Carrick at the Emirates 3-2.
00:21After finishing second in the league three years in a row, the question is, are the Gunners allowing their lead to slip for a fourth consecutive campaign?
00:32They were seven points clear at the start of the weekend, and a win against Forest last week could have extended the gap to nine points.
00:40Now, though, they are just four points ahead, with champions Manchester City breathing down their neck.
00:46It's not all doom and gloom, though. Opta still puts Arsenal's chances of lifting the Premier League trophy at 84%.
00:54Mikel Arteta, the Gunners' boss, said it was time to give the players the love they deserve. Here is his reaction.
01:02We really struggled, especially to keep the ball in the right areas. After regaining the ball, what we had to do, and the game became a little bit open and without the dominance of the first half.
01:13And after that, in the second half, well, they had two brilliant goals, some individual quality, a magic moment in big games.
01:21That's a good example of that. But with the change, I think we managed to shift the energy, score the second goal, and you could feel that everything changed,
01:30and the game was there to go and win it. In the next action, none is 1v1 in the sixer box.
01:35We don't get anything out of that. It goes to a goal kick, the close structure, one pass, win the duel, and Cunha puts it in the perfect angle to lose all the momentum,
01:45all the good energy that we were building up, and to go and win the game for them.
01:49So, yeah, very, very disappointed, obviously, but it's a moment, especially after losing, and the joy and everything that those players are giving us,
01:59and me in particular, to take my self-responsibility and be very close to them, because it's exactly what they deserve.
02:06It was a more positive weekend in south-west London, and less so in south-east London,
02:13after Chelsea beat a Crystal Palace side that has just sold their captain, Mark Gahey, to Manchester City.
02:20Here's the reaction from Blues head coach, Liam Rosinia.
02:24I'm very happy to be here. It's a fantastic club with fantastic supporters.
02:29I said, it's two-way. I have to earn that. This team played great football before me.
02:34They played similar passages of play before me.
02:38I'd like to see that type of football. I'd like to see combination play.
02:41I thought the two goals were great team goals.
02:44I'd like to see a change of speed, but I also like intensity and hard work,
02:47and I was really, really pleased with those aspects.
02:49It's not about it being my team, a Liam Rosinia team.
02:53It's about being a winning team, and I was really, really happy with the performance today.
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