What The Hell Is Going On?!

[Kano]

But the heat was on when we played City, they were thought by everyone to be the favourites, by beating us they could have leapfrogged us.
I agree that there is a different kind of pressure in a title race. IMO the big problem is an inability to dig themselves out of a bad run of form, we take forever to recover and by the time we do it's too late.

Sure, the pressure was there to a degree against City but with so many games left and no expection in terms of being the outright leader because of the time left in the season, it wasn't absolutely crucial to win. There were plenty more clashes against 'rivals' to prove our mettle in that regard. It was really just another of the small steps. The last dozen games are when the pressure really cranks up and the last two games have illustrated that when the intensity increases even further, the squad isn't prepared enough to cope. It has happened too many times over the past 5/6 years for it not to be an insurmountable problem for Wenger. He is good at working with players high on confidence - hence the long stretches of form at times - but he cannot find it within himself to dig them out of a hole when shit hits the fan.