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Arsene Wenger's side are still best-placed to win the Premier League title but they were served a wake-up call in the form of an embarrassing 4-0 defeat to Southampton.
Arsenal tend to lurch between extremes, but even by their standards the 4-0 defeat to Southampton on Boxing Day was an embarrassment that blew the Premier League title race wide open.
The Gunners were swatted aside just days after their impressive victory over their biggest title rivals Manchester City in a result that summed up a boom and bust season in the top flight.
Arsenal’s defeat should not be over-analysed because Arsene Wenger’s side are still best-placed to win the title, sitting two points behind leaders Leicester who also lost on Saturday away at Liverpool.
Just as the defeat to City did not mean that Premier League glory was a certainty, nor does their defeat on the south coast destroy their hopes.
But fans of the north London club have been served a reminder that this is Arsenal, the team that lurches more than any other between hope and despair.
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