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Arsenal’s draw with Brighton on Sunday all but ended their hopes of a top four finish, leaving the Gunners with just one plausible route to Champions League qualification: winning the Europa League.
The Brighton draw was the final nail in the coffin for some Arsenal fans, who’ve witnessed the team deliver a horrendous string of performances when it mattered most. The North Londoners looked clear to achieve Champions League qualification through a top four finish with many claiming they had a better end-of-season run-in.
It wasn’t to be as defeats to Everton, Wolves, Crystal Palace and Leicester almost sealed their fate. Beating Brighton would have left Arsenal with a decent chance of a top four finish going into the final game of the season, but the reality is, this chance is now gone barring a major swing in goal difference.
Unai Emery undoubtedly needs time as Arsenal manager and it wasn’t all going to change over night. One year isn’t enough to implement a full footballing philosophy, as proven my Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp.
Despite that, some Arsenal fans started to turn on the Spanish boss after last week’s defeat at Leicester, and it seems the pressure is only getting worse as more fans lose patience…