Arsenal survive painful flashbacks to maintain title push’

Arsenal survived an onslaught from Tottenham on Sunday at the White Hart Lane as the Gunners keep their dream of winning the Premier League alive

The Gunners were having painful flashbacks to the nightmare moments that threw their Premier League title challenge off course last season as a bump in the road threatened to become a giant boulder at Tottenham.

The Gunners never recovered from losing two-goal leads in successive weeks at Liverpool and West Ham in April last season, those results the catalyst for a collapse that saw Manchester City claim the title.

Here, Arsenal were in danger of throwing away a 3-0 half-time advantage in the most unlikely fashion but gathered themselves to close out a vital win that kept them top of the table with three games left.

And the fact that Arsenal crossed the line this time may yet be the difference between a first Premier League title in 20 years and finishing second.