Different shades of Arsenal

Arsenal defeated Everton yesterday with consummate ease at Goodison Park like a title favourite would be expected to. The problem however is that they are no longer the favourite. 

Arsenal's season is gradually turning into one that promised so much but ended in the usual and customary annual disappointment we have become so accustomed to. On their day, the Gunners can blow any side away. 

This is a side that can demolish Manchester United and Manchester City. But then, for every Arsenal that can defeat Bayern Munich in the Champions League, there is also an Arsenal side somewhere in that team that can blow it when it really matters. You know like losing to Watford. Or West Brom. Or Olympiacos and Dinamo Zagrab. Or even a weakened Manchester United side. 

The Premier League season has seen the traditional powerhouses perform poorly this season. Arsenal managed to stay close to the top as their rivals flattered at the beginning of the season. However, like the typical Arsenal, when the pressure was on, they somehow conspired to throw it away. The game against Everton was only their second win in nine games in all competitions. 

And ironically, this was the game they were expected to struggle. Everton had given Chelsea a thorough and hard examination last week. The Champions failed that woefully. And Arsenal were expected by many to fail as well. But like the typical unpredictable Arsenal, they made Everton look ordinary for the entire duration of the game. 

This surely must be a cause of frustration for the manager and their fans. With eight games left, this is an Arsenal side capable of going on an eight-game winning run or even winning just one of the eight games remaining. They are the unpredictable! The question is, which Arsenal side will turn up from now to the end of the season? We just never know. There is no black or white with Arsenal. We just have to find out for ourselves.