Surprised Arsenal fell off a bit off a cliff the way they did. Really thought it might be difficult to real them back as when I watched them they looked a very good side. What I had not fully appreciated until watching us demolish Arsenal at home was just how good we are - it was an incredible performance , and just how fragile the Arsenal self belief was.
I do suspect the mentality of other sides is now severely effected by the fear we have instilled in the opposition due to the absolutely relentless way we churn out results when it matters. Any mistake in the run in we ruthlessly take advantage of.
Its not done till its done but assuming we are crowned champions again this year it will just reinforce the fear factor going forward as they will have seen us pull Arsenal back from an incredible position and motor on past. Arsenal fans had largely given up even when they had an 8 point lead as they never believed they could maintain it over us and I think we saw this permeated through the club and players.
In many ways Arsenal did the hard bits beating Newcastle , Chelsea and racing in to a 2 goal lead against Liverpool but just got scared of losing something they never had in the first place instead of retaining focus on each game letting the league take care of itself. Its what I do as a fan on occasions but thankfully Pep and the players never seem to lose focus and stick to the plan - win , win and win again.