I think those wringing their hands about "losing momentum" need to grow up. That's exactly the lack of pragmatism that people wanted to berate Arteta for in previous seasons. What we're seeing right now is a mature response to reality - even before all of these recently dropped points, we would have needed VVD to start blasting shots into the back of his own net to even have a sniff of overtaking them. Response: Minimum effort in the league, all focus on the CL.
I think those wringing their hands about "losing momentum" need to grow up. That's exactly the lack of pragmatism that people wanted to berate Arteta for in previous seasons. What we're seeing right now is a mature response to reality - even before all of these recently dropped points, we would have needed VVD to start blasting shots into the back of his own net to even have a sniff of overtaking them. Response: Minimum effort in the league, all focus on the CL.