ARSENAL INJURY CRISIS AS THEY DREW AT NORWICH

This was another one of those days for Arsenal. They are the ones when so much goes wrong for them and they make it difficult to predict with any certainty that they can end a 12-year wait for the Premier League title.

The previous weekend at West Bromwich Albion they had lost a lead and two players to serious injury in a 2-1 defeat. Arsène Wenger described it as a “nightmare”. Their fortunes improved here in that they took a point – but only slightly.

Once again they lost a lead – and it should not be overlooked that they had the chances to be home and hosed – and this time it was three players who were stricken by injury during the game.

Laurent Koscielny and Alexis Sánchez went off with serious-looking muscle problems while, according to Wenger, Santi Cazorla played the second half “on one leg” after a kick to the knee in the 46th minute from Gary O’Neil.

Cazorla’s problem got worse towards the end but, by then, Wenger had used his three substitutes. The midfielder finished as a virtual passenger.