9 min “Shades of Leicester v Man City in 2016?” wonders Zafar Sobhan. “I know Liverpool are nominally top of the table, but if Arsenal win here today, I think it’s game over. The statement will carry them through to the end.”
Personally I wouldn’t go that far. I know what you mean – Arsenal have a rich history of a) seismic wins in the north west and b) irresistible spring momentum, and victory today would empower them so much. But there have also been statement victories that amounted to bugger all. Arsenal had one of their own at Anfield in February 1973, when John Radford scored that marvellous solo goal.
