- Piers Morgan was furious after Arsenal’s 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa
- Many Arsenal fans criticized their side for ‘bottling’ the Premier League title
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Piers Morgan has expressed his frustration after Arsenal suffered a potentially costly 2-0 defeat at home to Aston Villa.
Late goals from Leon Bailey and Ollie Watkins secured defeat for the Gunners, who sit two points behind Premier League leaders Manchester City with six games to go.
The Gunners became the second title challengers to lose at home on Sunday, with Liverpool losing 1-0 to Crystal Palace.
Arsenal also capitulated last season and Morgan was in disbelief at Mikel Arteta’s team, who again struggled in the closing stages of the season.
Arsenal fan Morgan wrote on X: ‘We’re choked again. Unbelievable.’
Piers Morgan led the criticism after Arsenal’s 2-0 defeat at home to Aston Villa
Morgan accused Arsenal of choking again in the Premier League title race
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Another Arsenal fan, Chiddy, reflected on how the Gunners have missed inviting opportunities to win the title in recent years and now appear to be doing so again.
He wrote: ‘Good chances for the title in 08, 11, 14, 16, 23 and 24 and we bottled them all.’
Meanwhile, Now Arsenal were heavily critical of Arteta’s in-game management.
They especially regretted the decision to fire Martin Odegaard and leave Oleksandr Zinchenko in for a longer period.
They wrote: ‘I think this is the worst in-game management game I’ve ever seen from Mikel Arteta. Normally he’s the man who knows best, but when the pressure was on today, he completely bottled it up.
‘The line-up could perhaps have been correct, because the performance in the first half was very good. But when he had to make a change in the second half, he was completely wrong. Firing your captain when he was by far your best player is crazy enough. But to leave Zinchenko on? I have no words.’
Another Arsenal fan added that their team has bottled the competition.
They wrote: ‘I just put the competition in a bottle. Wow. Football.’
Many Arsenal fans expressed their frustration after the Gunners’ defeat on Sunday
Additionally, another fan reflected on how both Liverpool and Arsenal lost on the same day.
They wrote: ‘I shout we both bottled on the same day to hand the title to City’.
Another fan added: “We just started rebottling it. It makes me sick to my stomach’.