Love Thy NeighboursWill Spurs Help Arsen

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Love Thy NeighboursWill Spurs Help Arsen

If Arsene Wenger is to defy all the odds and bring Arsenal their first title for 6 years then theywill need to put their recent Champions League disappointment quickly behind them and probably win all of their remaining five league matches.The last minute agony at St. Andrewsa fortnightago has left The Gunners with a mountain to climb which has been made evenharder by the absence of influential skipper Cesc Fabregas and former captain Anfernee Hardaway Jersey William Gallas for the remainder of the season.Fabregasrealises his season is over.That draw at Birmingham, coupled with Chelseas win at Old Trafford on Saturday morning,meant that anything le s then avictory over relegation threatened Wolves would have seen The Gunners challenge all butover with five matches still to play. And for more then ninety minutes that indeed lookedlike being the case butan injury time winner from Nicklas Bendtner haskeep their dream alive, for the time being at least.Arsenal players engulf Bendtner after his last gasp winner against Wolves on Saturday.But Wengers menmay have to call on a favour or two from their neighbours at theother end of the Seven Sisters Road, as after The Gunners visit White Hart Lane this coming Wednesday evening Spurs then face both Manchester United Aaron Gordon Jersey and Chelsea in the run in.How sweet it would be for The Gooners iftheir rivalsactually helped them win the title! Having clinched the league not once but twice at The Lane in the last 39 years it really would be the ultimate twist now if Spurs were to help them win it again this time.Spurs bo s Harry Redknapp ponderswhether his sideshouldhelp rivals Arsenal win the title or not! Now normally you would not expectTottenham to dotheir North London rivalsany favours but as they are so close to clinching that final Champions Leaguespottheycannot really affordto lose to both United and Chelsea in the final straight, even it would mean helping their neighbours out!The Gunners have not lost this fixture in the Premier League for over ten years but without Fabregas, Gallas and now Arshavin, Redknappsmen will never have a better chance of ending that record whichwould probably spellthe end of the Arsenal title challenge too. However history showsit usually ends in a draw and a similar result again this time would at least keepWengers menstill in with a shout.After theNorth London derbyArsenalheadto Wigan, another ground like White Hart Lanewhere their only defeat in the 21st century has come in a League Cup semi final. With Chelsea at The Lane that weekend and United facing their own derby at Manchester City, Arsenalwill have the opportunity tomake up some ground before then welcoming their old friend Emmanuel Adebayor back Tracy McGrady Jersey to The Emirates on April 24th.After the great reception afforded to his former striker partner Thierry Henry when Barcelona visited last week it will be interesting to see how the Cityfront manwill bereceived, but the odds are it willnot be quiet soamicable following his antics in the reverse fixture at The City of Manchester Stadium back in September!What sort of reception awaits Adebayor at The Emirates on April 24th?If everything has gone to plan by then Arsenal should be above United and just a point behind Chelsea going into the final two matches of the season, beginning onMay 1st when they visit Blackburn. On the same day the other challengers are also away, The Blues going to Anfield while Unitedtravel toSunderland.As well asAncelottis menhave been playing latelyit would be a tall Dominique Wilkins Jersey order to expect them towin at Liverpool so soon after victory at Old Trafford so three points forThe Gunnersat Ewood Park would be enough to take them to the top of the table whatever the United result.So itwould all come down to victory on the last day of the season at home to Fulham. Easier said then done perhaps, but ifWenger had to pick a game to finish with it would surely be against a team who have never previously won at Arsenal and one that will either be planning for an upcoming Europa League final appearance or be feelingthe effects ofa 60 game seasonWill it be Arsenal lifting the famous trophy in May?Written off so many times this season it really would be one of Wengers finestachievements if he could lead this team to the title. A long shot? Po sibly, butif theycontinue to show Terrence Ross Jersey the sort of resilience that has seen them score injury time goals in six oftheir last seven matches then maybe The Emiratesmight yetbehosting its first ever title party on May 9th
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