For once this season, it is Arsene Wenger's contemporaries who are suffering the angst of watching their team falter.
Arsenal have already secured their passage to the Champions League knockout stages, while England's three other representatives must face their own vulnerabilities in the last round of group matches. It may be a brief respite for Wenger, but it is also a disturbing novelty for the Barclay's Premier League.
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