Arsenal cry out of contention

AND then there were three: or ‘four’ if you seriously consider that Aston Villa have a chance of winning the league title this season. I don’t.

However, I’m as sure as I can be that Arsenal’s chances have gone for good. They needed to beat Liverpool to remain in contention but never looked remotely likely to once Robbie Keane had scored a quite brilliant equaliser shortly before half time.

You’ve no hope of being champions if you’ve lost five games before Christmas and find yourself at least eight points behind the leaders — Chelsea can make that nine tonight if they win at Everton.