Arsenal are still without an away win in 2018 after they threw away a 1-0 win at St James’ Park to leave themselves just two points ahead of Burnley.
Goals from Ayoze Perez and Matt Ritchie cancelled out Alexandre Lacazette’s early opener to continue the Gunners’ dismal run on the road and all but extinguish their hopes of challenging Chelsea for fifth.
Realistically, Arsene Wenger must know his season now boils down to the two-legged Europa League semi-final tie against Atletico Madrid.
The trip to the team who sit second in La Liga represents one of the trickiest away trips in European football so Arsenal will have to show much more backbone than they have on the road in the Premier League if they are to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for next season’s Champions League via Europe’s secondary competition.
So, when it was revealed that Arsenal have dropped more points from winning positions on the road than any other Premier League team this season, their fans reacted as you might expect…
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