Ranking the biggest Premier League title slip-ups

Sporseverleri yakından ilgilendiren önemli bir haber var. Ranking the biggest Premier League title slip-ups Image source, Sport By Alex Bysouth Sport Senior Journalist Published 23 minutes ago 31 Comments "Bottlers! " It's the cruel taunt thrown about by rival fans. But you've gotta be in the Premier League title race to win it, right?

It's just when you lead for so long and don't win it, there's a lonely void, an 'it should have been us' vacuum of sorrow. Staring at the prospect of letting another seemingly insurmountable lead slip, Arsenal are desperate to banish those demons, having grappled with the tag over the past two decades. But they are far from alone - in fact, the Gunners' slip-ups have been far less dramatic than those of some of their rivals.

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To help investigate the top flight's biggest wobblers, those who have let the league slide from seemingly watertight positions, we enlisted the help of Sport statistician Chris Collinson, someone always on top of his tables. While Chris' research shows us Arsenal deserve to feature several times, there is room for Stevie G's slip, a mention for that 'Aguerooo! ' moment, and, of course, Kevin Keegan's iconic monologue - which took place 30 years ago this month.

And I'll tell you, honestly, I will love it if you read this, love it! The unlikely lads 10. Tottenham Hotspur 2015-16 Does it count as bottling if you were never in front?

It is perhaps harsh to include Tottenham , considering north London rivals Arsenal were at one point in a more commanding position - but there's plenty of room for the Gunners on this list… As the usual suspects all faltered, Mauricio Pochettino's vibrant young side appeared well placed to bring a first title to White Hart Lane since 1961. But cometh the hour, cometh the dilly-dong. Claudio Ranieri's pizza-loving Leicester nomads stormed to the Premier League summit and, after briefly giving up top spot to Arsenal , surged clear to become 5,000-1-shot winners.

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A six-game winning run through January and February put Spurs in prime position to capitalise on a Foxes stumble, but that never came. A bruising draw in the Battle of the Bridge ended Tottenham 's hopes before they lost their final two games to slip to third. Never mind, Tottenham and Pochettino's time would come, surely… Ranking football's greatest one-club men Published 7 days ago Football's great entertainers - ranking the biggest showboaters Published 24 March 9.

Norwich City: 1992-93 Norwich City , meanwhile, found themselves as unlikely leaders for 129 days of the inaugural Premier League season, despite having finished fifth-bottom the year before and sold striker Robert Fleck to Chelsea for a club record £2m. Reinvesting that in Mark Robins and Efan Ekoku, with a young Chris Sutton emerging at Carrow Road, the Canaries led until matchday 26, before an Eric Cantona-inspired Manchester United ploughed a route to the top. Norwich finished third.

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