So close, but yet so far – and the mood was defiant at Arsenal after their final-day win over Everton was not enough to earn a first Premier League title in two decades.
Mikel Arteta, in his heart of hearts, may have known Arsenal’s title race was run before this match. As Pep Guardiola’s former assistant, he knows as well as anyone just how ruthless Manchester City can be.
So while acknowledging they had come up just short, captain Martin Odegaard was keen to accentuate the positives. In front of him, William Saliba became the first outfield player to play every minute for Arsenal in a Premier League campaign. “He's got the fanbase completely believing. Yes, they've not hit some of the targets they came into the season with, but he's created a football team the fans want to stand by.”
“When you think they lost to Bayern Munich in the Champions League and Arteta says 'we don't have a striker who is going to score 25 goals' - there is your answer. He knows it. The top teams need that in their side.”
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