00:00The pressure of a title race is a relentless auditor and for Mikel Arteta's Arsenal, the 1-1 draw at
00:06Brentford has turned the volume up.
00:09While they sit four points clear with only three losses all season, the shadow of Pep Guardiola's Manchester City looms
00:17large.
00:19History, specifically the emotional scars of three successive second-place finishes, suggest that the final stretch is where the Gunners
00:26often falter.
00:27The statistics are sobering. Over the last five seasons, Arsenal have only once won 10 of their last 12 matches.
00:35Crucially, they have never outscored the eventual champions in points during that closing 12-game window.
00:42The Saliba factor further complicates matters. Since 2022-23, Arsenal boasts a 68.6 win rate with Saliba, averaging 2
00:51.3 points per game, which plummets to 42.1% with its absence.
00:56Arteta remains adamant about blocking out the noise, but as Peter Crouch noted, City possess a know-how that Arsenal
01:04are trying to cultivate.
01:06The Gunners have failed to win only twice this season after scoring first, including this Brentford stalemate, hinting at a
01:13potential shift in momentum.
01:16With 12 games to go, the question remains, is this a calm group ready to seize a unique opportunity, or
01:22will the weight of history repeat itself?
01:25As Martin Keown puts it, let's see who the fighters are.
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