TERRACE TALK: Arsenal - Potty-mouths got to Aaron Ramsey

It might well be that for the want of any other credible challengers, everyone has the Gunners tipped as potential champions. Yet considering we almost had all three points in the bag at Anfield in midweek, two measly points seems scant reward from two exhausting away days.

I’m certainly not moaning, as we’ve managed to negotiate a daunting week, still looking down on the rest of the Premier League. Nevertheless, the mark of Gunners title-winning sides of yesteryear was that we could be deprived of the likes of Bergkamp, Henry, or any of our most influential stars and still retain sufficient guile and gumption to go to grounds like the Britannia and snaffle a crucial win.

However, when I looked at yesterday’s starting line-up, deprived of the likes of Özil, Alexis and Cazorla, it was hard to envisage who would be able to unlock the door.