There I was on saturday evening away from ESPN, and away from the Hull City v Arsenal match. I knew it was 1-1 and was constantly checking out BBC Sport on the Blackberry to see if Bendtner had scored me some Fantasy League points. It got to 88 minutes, still 1-1 and then my mind wandered and I thought about the wider context of the title race - if it was United then they would score, they just would. However, the little faith I had in the Gooners to break down 10-man Hull meant that I did not check back to see if the score had changed, assuming that as usual all Arsenal players would stay true to their religion of not scoring, or even shooting from outside the box (I was startled to read last week about the Arsenal's warm up and the squad's favourite 'Never shoot if a pass is on' routine). As I watched MOTD on the Sunday morning, I was already congratulating myself on my decision and feeling that Arsenal were going to keep wasting chances no matter how much football they played against the tiring legs of Hull City. Yet in the 93rd minute up pops Denilson to unleash from 30 yards, get a dodgy rebound and a very tidy finish by young Bendtner ensured that Arsenal walked away with the 3 points and left Hull feeling mugged after working their nuts off. This is real title form, being away from home and getting frustrated by a very average team yet still finding the goal you need to walk away with the points. Well done Arsene -for doing a United - and well done Denilson for having a pop. Looking at the run-ins from the 3 top teams it seems that the real chance of a remarkable double comeback is on. Remember when Arsenal were destroyed by United and Chelsea at home, 11 points off the top spot. Now it is a real three horse race and with United having to play Chelsea and Liverpool it bodes to be a very interesting few weeks. In fact, the team who comes out on top could well be the team who gets knocked out of the Champions League first - so Arsene might bizarrely be cheering on Carlo and the boys at the Bridge tomorrow night. One thing we can be sure of is that this race will go down to the wire - United look in great form at the moment and if Rooney can keep it up then that should be enough for Sir Alex, and Chelsea seem to have their power back and have moved on from Terry-gate - but I think Arsenal could sneak it - especially if they keep the faith to shoot, the faith to grind out wins and Bendtner has more Porto's than Burnleys. 8 games to go (9 for Chelsea), the tightest race in Premier League history? I love football.
