van Persie hits Gunners where it hurts

Arsenal 1 Manchester United 1

The edge is off the champions’ game now the hard work of winning the Premier League is done and as a result Arsenal were rather let off the hook.

The Gunners remain 21 points adrift of the visitors and that illustrates the real gulf between the two sides. This point means Arsenal are sandwiched between Chelsea, who beat Swansea earlier in the day, and Tottenham, and each local rival for a Champions League spot boasts a game in hand, albeit against the other.