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It speaks volumes about the title race and the exacting standards to follow that Manchester City have set anyone hoping to beat them in it, that both Liverpool and Arsenal’s largely unexpected defeats on Sunday have been labelled in some quarters as “chokes”. While the sight of both sides blowing a one-point lead over the course of 24 hours is never going to be up there with those of Greg Norman throwing away an apparently unlosable Masters or Jan Novotna mentally disintegrating after double-faulting in what should have been the knockings of a Wimbledon final against Steffi Graf, there were several tell-tale signs at both Anfield and the Emirates that, even though all three title-chasers still have six games to play, the players and fans of both sides felt deep down that a marvellous opportunity had been blown for another season at least.
Perhaps Arsenal fans will now appreciate the true meaning of the word Emery” – Krishna Moorthy.
In regards to your letters from Christian Goldsmith (and 1,057 other pedants) on Friday, can I be one of 1,058 pedants to offer congratulations that you’ve acquired a reader, or converted a reader into a pedant? Either way, congrats” –Guy Stephenson.
