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Originally Posted by bots

lets not sugar coat it. Arsenal will probably win the league this season, but everyone in history will say its because all the other teams were crap

I’ve already seen people making this argument, and it highlights the double standard Arsenal fans have been talking about for years.

Manchester City have drawn their last three matches, yet no one is calling them “bottle jobs.” If Arsenal put together the same run, that label would be everywhere — and in fact, I’ve already seen people saying Arsenal “bottled it” after last night.

Last season, Liverpool won the league with 84 points — the lowest winning total since Leicester — and still finished ten points ahead of Arsenal. This season, projections suggest that 84 points won’t be enough, with the title likely requiring something closer to 87 or more. Yet no one described Liverpool’s title as a “poor season” or questioned the standard of the league.

Meanwhile, people are already suggesting that if Arsenal win the league this year, it will somehow be a weak or unimpressive title. The inconsistency is obvious, and the bias against Arsenal is hard to ignore.