Champagne flows like water. Grown men weep tears of unbridled joy. A million children are conceived in a single evening. Parties erupt on every street, in every home. DVDs are hastily pressed and lovingly distributed to anyone who passes by.

For Spurs have defeated Arsenal in a game of football. And judging by the reaction in White Hart Lane, they’ve also won the Premier League in early March. Quite incredible really. I’ve never heard of a team that’s done that anywhere.

Suicide

The really sad thing is that Spurs didn’t beat Arsenal today, Arsenal lost to Spurs. In general, we controlled the game, and when Spurs did break, we contained them fairly well. Gareth Bale was largely anonymous. Unfortunately, there were two moments of such rage-inducing stupidity that all that will be ignored. That and the fact Arsenal lost.

For the majority of the game, we pressed high up the pitch, and Spurs were restricted to the engine room part of the pitch. But twice we backed off the man in possession, and twice a pacy winger got around the back of our high line. There’s nothing wrong with a high line, as long as you press. All the time. Two lapses in the otherwise excellent pressing gifted Spurs two goals.

And so we were left with yet another glorious failure in the second half. It was upsetting to watch, because Spurs were average, with the exception of Jan Vertonghen and Moussa Dembele. And Arsenal were pretty good, though didn’t create many chances.

Jack Wilshere was poor, and Olivier Giroud sadly had one of his statuesque games. He’s not a poor player, but he’s being asked to do too much.

The introduction of Lukas Podolski was supposed to add incisiveness, but Arsenal’s attacking third was too crowded for him to make a difference.

What now?

Hence much anger, sadness, and gnashing of teeth. Arsenal have ten games left to play, and seven points to make up on Spurs, with Chelsea five points ahead in fourth.

Could this be the year Arsenal miss out on a Champions League place? Questionable. Both Arsenal’s rivals have difficult fixtures, while Arsenal have only Manchester United to face, in late April.

So, in theory, Arsenal could overhaul one, if not two, of the teams above them. It would require exceptional form, but if there’s any team that loves putting on a late show to finish fourth, then it’s Arsenal FC.

Why does it have to come to this, you may ask. A good question, but as ever questions about personnel and ownership aren’t for now. What use is uncertainty for the future going to do Arsenal when what they need is to be what’s in front of them, repeatedly. It doesn’t matter how ugly it is, they just have to get points. To put it in perspective, seven points is two defeats and a draw. Spurs will likely drop at least that many, it’s just a question of making the points up when it matters.

Can we? I don’t know. This season would suggest now. But anything can happen, and there’s no point losing hope now.

A story about Arab investors broke yesterday, and now the calls for them to buy out Stan Kroenke are louder than ever. I’m more angry at the club for getting us to the point where fans want us to become another Chelsea or Manchester City just to enjoy winning again. But the story is filled with holes and is likely a plant. And once more, football is what’s important now. Not hysterics, not abuse, and certainly not division.

Spurs have a seven-point head start. How long will it take to reel them in? I’m betting five games. All part of the fun.

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