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Arsenal led the 2022/23 Premier League for 248 days, but were beaten to the title by Manchester City during the final few weeks of the season.
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Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard has admitted that he will always be haunted by their failure to win the 2022/23 Premier League title.
The Gunners finished second in the table to Manchester City, despite leading the standings for 248 days – a record without going on to lift the trophy.
Arsenal finished the season with 84 points – their highest tally since they last won the title, but below what was expected of them given their form for much of the season.
A run of three defeats and one loss in April saw Arsenal not only lose control of their destiny, but display worrying chinks in their armour.
They had led 2-0 away at Liverpool but were pegged back to a 2-2 draw late on, before that same scenario happened a week later at West Ham.
Arsenal then had to score two late goals to salvage a 3-3 draw at home to 20th-placed Southampton, and they were swept aside by Man City 4-1 at the Etihad Stadium in what proved to be a dagger blow to their hopes of becoming champions of England again.
Mikel Arteta’s side were thrashed 3-0 at home by Brighton and then beaten 1-0 by relegation-battling Nottingham Forest to compound their misery.
it all, it was tight and even at the end, especially in the three games [that Arsenal drew], we lost momentum. There are so many things that can affect the season, we were close and we must use the disappointment to go closer.
He added: “I think this will bother me for the rest of my life. We were very close, I almost managed to achieve my dream, I think it will be painful for the rest of my life but we have to try again next year, when we manage to do that [win the league] it will surely be easier. “
While Arsenal were unable to wrestle the crown away from Man City, Odegaard enjoyed a superb individual season.
In 37 Premier League games, the Norway skipper scored 15 goals – the first midfielder to reach that tally in the Premier League since Dele Alli in 2016/17 – and laid on eight assists.
“There has been a good season, I have delivered well and scored several goals,” Odegaard continued.
“I have been more important to the team, it’s been good but of course a tough end to the season which still hurts. So I have mixed feelings.”