The final stretch

The defining 9 games

This weekend starts the final run of the 9 remaining games for The Arsenal. It all starts at the Anfield - not very ideal, if you ask me. But then that's what a league is supposed to be - home and away. It’s - as they say - ‘squeaky bum time’. We had a similar period last season, when we needed to beat Spurs to guarantee a finish in the Champions League, and the club and players bottled it. Anfield game is somewhat similar in the sense that if we lose it, and the lose at the Ethiad, then won’t be in our hand to win the title. It will be Man City’s title to lose. Arsenal have a tough schedule. We have to play Liverpool FC, Man City and Newcastle United Away. All these teams have a very formidable home record.

And how will Arsenal react to these games especially if things start not going to as per plan.

I am still unsure if Arsenal can maintain the current form. Primarily because this a young team and we have never even been close to a title challenge in the last decade let alone be league leaders with 9 games to go. So I am not sure how this team will react incase they falter so close to the end. One positive in all this is that we have only the league to concentrate on while Man City have the Champions League and the FA Cup to focus on still. And it’s a well known that for City and Pep and the City ownership, it’s the Champions League title that they covet the most.

Whatever happens, it’s been a very exciting season. Being the league leaders for majority of the season, the rollercoaster of emotions, which absolutely no gunner expected at the start of the season. The teams has played some of the the most exhilarating football. And it was just last season, when all the fans were wondering how we would be able to match the standards set by City and Liverpool for the past several years. What a turn around it has been and long may it last!