The Gunners’ hopes of a first title since the 2003/04 season suffered a devastating blow at the weekend.
Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard has acknowledged that the Gunners’ chances of winning the Premier League title are bleak following Sunday’s 3-0 home defeat to Brighton, conceding ‘it feels like there is no hope’.
Brighton took the spoils at the Emirates with three second-half goals from Julio Enciso, Deniz Undav, and Pervis Estupinan.
The result sent Arsenal crashing to their fifth defeat of the campaign. They’re now four points behind leaders Manchester City, who thrashed Everton 3-0 earlier in the day.
“I think it is going to be very difficult now, to be honest. It is a tough one to take,” Odegaard told Sky Sports.
“It is not a good feeling at the moment. The way we played especially in the second half, I don’t know what happened, to be honest. A big, big disappointment, and it feels like there is no hope [in the title race] now.”
City, who also boast a game in hand, can wrap up the Premier League title by Saturday if Arsenal lose to Nottingham Forest.
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