It ’ s 11 years since Arsenal won the title . They went from Invincibles to Incapables . And you can throw bottlers into that description as well . Of course Chelsea could implode and hand the title to Arsenal over the next six weeks or so , but that ’ s unlikely . If it does happen it ’ s a title that ’ s long overdue and nothing can ever take away the barren years when Arsenal and Arsene Wenger were an embarrassment at home and abroad – specialists in failure . Those years will always hang heavy around Wenger ’ s neck . Yes , yes , there ’ s the FA Cup currently sitting there in the trophy cabinet alongside the shiny shield they won in August . And yes , yes , they are clear favourites to win it again . An FA Cup isn ’ t the definition of success for the great clubs of Europe . Only the Wenger apologists can ’ t see that . Olivier Giroud celebrates Arsenal 's third goal by Alexis Sanchez in their win over Liverpool on Saturday . Arsene Wenger 's Gunners now have 15 wins from 17 games since New Year 's Day , but it 's come too late . So are Gooners seduced by this end of season run they ’ re currently on ? It ’ s impressive , no question . 15 wins in 17 games since their loss New Year ’ s Day . But this is classic Arsene Wenger isn ’ t it ? After that defeat at Southampton on January 1 the Gunners were sixth in the table , 13 points behind leaders Chelsea . Wenger and the players felt they had no hope of winning the title , and so they started to play with freedom , and the wins kept coming . As soon as the pressure is off , Arsene Wenger looks like he can still do it . But once the pressure is on he crumbles , and his players lose their bottle completely . Sanchez drills his shot by Emre Can as Arsenal 's impressive run continued against Liverpool . Per Mertesacker ca n't stop this shot from Sadio Mane as they fall 2-0 to Southampton on New Year 's Day . The only two defeats in this current run were the two key games all Arsenal fans desperately wanted to win – at Tottenham and at home to Monaco in the Champions League : the two games with more pressure on them than any others on this run . They went to Monaco for the second leg with no pressure on them , everyone thought they were out , and so it proved . But with the pressure off , Arsenal turned it on . Arsenal are clearly a lot better than most of the teams they face . And they are now making the kind of signings they should be making – marquee players . So much is in place for real success to come . But the task for Wenger now is to show some balls , cope better when the pressure is on . And he and his players need to stop failing in certain games . Harry Kane celebrates his second strike in the 2-1 win for Tottenham over their North London rivals . Dimitar Berbatov scores the second of three away goals for Monaco that ruined Arsenal 's Europe campaign . Dodgy results will happen to all sides of course . But I ’ m talking about the ones that should have been avoided . This season for example , if they ’ d won a game they were winning at Swansea , if they hadn ’ t been so desperately pathetic in the first half at Stoke , and if they ’ d kept the lead at 10-man Liverpool , Arsenal would be top . Those games and the circumstances of how they dropped points , have stopped Arsenal being serious title contenders this season . When you analyse it like that , you can understand the frustrations of the Arsenal fans after that Stoke defeat in December . Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain slumps to the ground as Arsenal bow out of the Champions League last 16 . Aaron Ramsey scores in the Gunners ' 2-0 win at Monaco as they fell short again when it really counts . Arsene Wenger has been given time to fail repeatedly , and he ’ s still there . He now needs to make the most of his incredible good fortune and start earning his £8m a year as the fourth-highest-paid football manager in the world . Winning games when the pressure is off is something Wenger has proved he can do regularly . Now he needs to learn how to cope and succeed when the pressure is on . If he does that , then there really is no reason why Arsenal can ’ t win a major trophy , the kind of trophy that defines success for big clubs , and end an embarrassing period of failure for Arsene Wenger .
Arsenal have a chance at the Chelsea title if Premier League throw it away . The Gunners are on a terrific run of 15 wins in 17 since January 2 's loss . The two defeats in this spell were at Tottenham and at home to Monaco . These were the two key games all Arsenal fans desperately wanted to win . READ : Arsenal have EXACTLY the same record in league as last season . CLICK HERE for all the latest Arsenal news .