This past weekend, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal missed opportunities to improve their top four situations. Spurs failed to create a six-point buffer from their north London rival losing 1-0 to Brighton & Hove Albion; meanwhile, The Gunners also fell by the same score to Southampton.
Former Spurs man Jamie O’Hara has compared Tottenham and Arsenal to the Chuckle brothers. He added that two rivals had opened the door for Manchester United to take fourth place and the final UEFA Champions League.
O’Hara and co-host Laura Woods, an Arsenal supporter, also agreed on the two clubs’ inability to take advantage of their respective situations during a segment on talkSPORT.
“What are we doing?! What are Spurs doing? What are Arsenal doing? We’re both a shambles! “Does anyone want top four? I feel like this happens every season,” O’Hara said. “The worst thing that’s going to happen is that Man United are going to get fourth!”
“It’s like we’re holding the door open and saying, ‘You go’, ‘No, you go!’ And then Man United will just say, ‘Oh, go on then!’” Woods added.
As for Manchester United is not out of finishing in the top four despite dropping points over the last few weeks to Leicester City and Everton. Nonetheless, The Red Devils did squeak out a 3-2 win this past weekend against Norwich City.
They now sit three points back of Tottenham and have an upcoming matchup against Arsenal to create some distance.
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