Arsenal ‘brainwashed over top four’

Arsenal blew their big Premier League title chance this season and striving for the top four each season is “boring,” according to Jamie Redknapp.

The Gunners were held to a goalless draw with Sunderland on Super Sunday – one that leaves them only five points ahead of fifth-placed Manchester United having played a game more.

And while Redknapp expects Arsene Wenger’s side to clinch a top-four finish, he delivered a damning assessment on a side he believes has been “brainwashed” into thinking that acceptable.

“It’s like groundhog day,” he said, reflecting on the Stadium of Light stalemate. 

“We’ve seen so many games like that from Arsenal, where they seem to run out of ideas, look like they’re waiting for something to happen. When Alexis Sanchez isn’t on form, you wonder who’s going to score.

“It looks like they’re going to limp into the top four again and that, for me, is boring. They deserve better than that.

“You can’t keep doing that and be brainwashed into thinking fourth is good enough. They should be doing more. They should be looking to win the title.

“I know you can say Chelsea and Man Utd are still behind them but this was their big chance and unfortunately, they’ve blown it.”

Wenger had spoken exclusively …

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