{"id":1799422,"date":"2023-01-19T09:48:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T14:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/plato-data\/vso-news-lists-epls-biggest-title-race-collapses-as-arsenal-extends-lead-to-eight-points\/"},"modified":"2023-01-19T09:48:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T14:48:14","slug":"vso-news-lists-epls-biggest-title-race-collapses-as-arsenal-extends-lead-to-eight-points","status":"publish","type":"station","link":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/plato-data\/vso-news-lists-epls-biggest-title-race-collapses-as-arsenal-extends-lead-to-eight-points\/","title":{"rendered":"VSO News Lists EPL\u2019s Biggest Title Race Collapses as Arsenal Extends Lead to Eight Points"},"content":{"rendered":"
Despite being one of the English Premier League\u2019s (EPL) most well-known teams, Arsenal FC has not won a single league title in 20 years. The soccer team has certainly come close to adding to its three-title tally in that time \u2013 including two second place finishes \u2013 but hasn\u2019t quite had what it takes to lift the trophy.<\/p>\n
\n15 wins, two draws, and just one loss<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
That\u2019s all on track to change this year, however. With 18 matches played so far this EPL season, Arsenal is leading the league with a comfortable margin of eight points. Manager Mikel Arteta finally seems to have the confidence of the players and fans alike, guiding the team to 15 wins, two draws, and just one loss.<\/p>\n
After closest league rival Manchester City dropped points over the weekend, Arsenal became odds-on favorite to win the title for the first time this season. There\u2019s still a long way to go (19 games in total) but UK sportsbook Betfair is offering odds of -125 for Arsenal to lift the trophy, ahead of Man City at +125, and Manchester United at +1400.<\/p>\n
With this marking an important point in Arsenal\u2019s season, VegasSlotsOnline News<\/em> has taken a look through the EPL history books to find the best examples of teams that have thrown leads like this away. From Liverpool to Newcastle, all of these clubs somehow snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.<\/p>\n
5. Arsenal<\/h2>\n
\n2002\/03 season<\/p>\n
8-point lead<\/p>\n
9 games left<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Where better to start in our summary of the biggest title collapses than with the team currently at the top of the EPL ladder?<\/p>\n
Arsenal came into the 2002\/03 season as the favorite having lifted the trophy the previous year for the second time. Under French manager Arsene Wenger, the team was in unbeatable form from the beginning of the season until the following year. Confidence levels sky-high, Wenger even said he thought his men could go the entire season unbeaten after 30 games since the last loss.<\/p>\n
\none of those losses came against relegation-threatened Leeds United<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
With an eight-point lead and just nine games left in the season in March, everything seemed to turn on its head for the club. Arsenal won just four of the remaining games, drawing three times and losing twice. Not only that, but one of those losses came against relegation-threatened Leeds United.<\/p>\n
The poor end to the season cost Arsenal the ultimate prize and sent the Premier League trophy up north to Manchester United, who ultimately ended up five-points clear. That said, Arsenal certainly didn\u2019t rest on their laurels long. After Leeds, the team didn\u2019t lose again for another 49 matches, winning the following season\u2019s title and cementing the players\u2019 names in EPL folklore as the \u2018Invincibles.\u2019<\/p>\n
4. Liverpool<\/h2>\n
2013\/14 season<\/p>\n3-point lead <\/p>\n
3 games left<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Throwing away a three-point lead with three games left might not seem like a major title collapse, however, it\u2019s the manner in which our next team did so that has secured its place on this list.<\/p>\n
Prior to the club\u2019s first win in 2019\/20, Liverpool often took the brunt of jokes from opponents for their lack of a single title in the Premier League era. In the 2013\/14 season, that all seemed likely to change. With just three games left, Liverpool was tantalizingly close to the trophy after beating closest rival Man City.<\/p>\n
\nThis does not f*cking slip now\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
After that win, an impassioned speech by Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard seemed to symbolize the team\u2019s determination that this year would be the one to break the Liverpool curse. \u201cThis does not f*cking slip now,\u201d he shouted at his teammates in a post-match huddle. \u201cWe don\u2019t let this slip, we go again.\u201d<\/p>\n
What seemed at the time an impressive demonstration of leadership, has since become known for its incredibly unfortunate wording. When Liverpool played Chelsea in the third-to-last game of the season, it was a literal slip from Gerrard that served the ball on a platter for Blues striker Demba Ba to slot home:<\/p>\n