Wenger’s team may not acquire been as sharp as Tottenham Hotspur but they rallied to draw a match they would probably acquire lost in preceding yearsThe way that Arsène Wenger described his terror of time this week almost made you consider Arsenal built the Emirates Stadium just so their manager could escape Highbury’s Clock End. “My relationship with time is distressing in every way,” he told L’Equipe’s Sport & Style magazine. “I’m always afraid of being late, of not being alert, or of not being able to accomplish what I’ve planned.” That certainly suggested all the ambient prattle approximately this season representing a case of now or never for Arsenals Premier League title ambitions should be enough to acquire the Frenchman’s nerves jangling like the manacles of a cop in the dock.
Arsenal came into the north London derby knowing that their most obvious title rivals,Manchester City, had drawn a blank at Aston Villa; that Chelsea are imploding; Liverpool embarking on another overhaul and Manchester United failing to convince even their own fans. The immediacy of Arsenal’s opportunity is clear.
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Source: theguardian.com