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Originally Posted by MegaErtz
Manchester City had a match in hand. Arsenal were on 72 points and City on 64 after Matchday 29. City have won seven in a row, and now sit on 85 points. City have won eleven in a row and thirteen out of their last fourteen league matches. Nobody in England can compete with them, they have two superstars at every position, like someone else noted. Hardly a choke. City are nineteen points ahead of Manchester City and Newcastle, so if it wasn't for Arsenal's great play this season, the whole thing would have been wrapped up months ago.
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When you have a lead like they had, for nearly the entire season and don’t win, you’ve absolutely choked. Two wins in their last seven? And they had all the help in the world. A butter soft start to the season to get some momentum going, a World Cup break where almost non of their players had huge game time, Spurs gave them six points and beat City twice. The list just goes on and on.
This is a complete choke. You have a lead after match 29, and then just plain revert to the mean. Two wins from seven and if they lose to Forest, the league is officially wrapped up with three to go. That’s an epic bottle job.
And dphaneuf is completely right. For some reason this is considered a plucky, young team on the rise, whereas the narrative is completely different for Spurs. I have no idea why that is, but this was choked away.