Arsenal's Title Dream Hits a Pothole: Wolves Draw Keeps City in the Hunt

Picture this: Arsenal, desperate for their first Premier League crown in over two decades, rock up to bottom-of-the-pile Wolverhampton Wanderers. It's meant to be a banker, a chance to stretch their lead over Manchester City to seven points. Instead, they huff and puff to a 2-2 draw, dropping points in back-to-back games. Ouch.

The Gunners had this fixture reshuffled thanks to their Carabao Cup run, turning what could've been a tense end-of-season scrap into an early title-race booster. But nah, not today. Now their cushion sits at five points with a game more played, heading into a mad dash before the March internationals. City, lurking like they always do, smell blood.

Fixture Firefight: Who Blinks First?

Mikel Arteta's lads aren't short of tests ahead. Here's how the top two stack up over their next five league jaunts:

| Arsenal (58 pts) | Man City (53 pts) |

|----------------------|-----------------------|

| Tottenham (A) – Feb 22 | Newcastle (H) – Feb 21 |

| Chelsea (H) – Mar 1 | Leeds (A) – Feb 28 |

| Brighton (A) – Mar 4 | Nott'm Forest (H) – Mar 4 |

| Everton (H) – Mar 15 | West Ham (A) – Mar 14 |

| Bournemouth (H) – Apr 11 | Chelsea (A) – Apr 11 |

Arsenal kick off with a spicy north London derby at Spurs, where new gaffer Igor Tudor might spark a manager bounce. Form goes out the window in derbies, but Spurs nicking points? That'd be a shock.

Then it's Chelsea at the Emirates – the Blues they've owned lately, knocking them out of the Carabao Cup semis. Quick turnaround to Brighton away, who are wobbling, before Everton and a Wembley date. Points drought incoming post-internationals?

Pep Guardiola's mob face softer fruit early: Newcastle have the Etihad jitters, Leeds and Forest (now under Vitor Pereira) are relegation scrappers. West Ham next, then potentially Chelsea. If City hoover up, that Carabao Cup final could tilt the whole race.

Ghosts of Bottles Past

Whispers of Arsenal's bottling heritage are creeping in. Two wins in seven? Consecutive draws against Brentford and these actual Wolves? It's got that familiar whiff, as dissected in a cheeky list from Football365 via OneFootball ranking Premier League choke artists.

They slot Arsenal 2015/16 at No.10 – remember celebrating like champs after stuffing Leicester, only to flop against a ragtag Man Utd and Swansea? Spurs that year get the bigger ribbing for their Chelsea meltdown and Newcastle spanking, but the Gunners' slow bleed is classic them.

Chelsea 2013/14 under Jose Mourinho nearly topped it – seven clear, then crumbled hilariously. Arsenal's current lot? They're top with 58 points, but history screams 'don't get cocky'. City thrive on rivals' wobbles.

This title scrap's got more twists than a dodgy penalty shout. Arsenal need to steady the ship, or Guardiola's grinning come May. What's your take – Gunners to hold firm, or classic choke?