If you root for Arsenal, look away. Actually, do not look away - you need to hear this, because the numbers are damning and the pattern is undeniable.
Arsenal traveled to Molineux on Wednesday and led Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0, with Bukayo Saka heading home in the fifth minute off a Declan Rice cross, and Piero Hincapie adding a second with a left-footed shot from the center of the box in the 56th minute following a VAR review. Two-nil. Twenty-three minutes of football from three crucial points in the title race. This should have been straightforward.
Then Wolves pulled one back. Hugo Bueno - who has every right to have his name remembered today - rifled a magnificent left-footed shot from outside the box into the top left corner in the 61st minute. It was a genuinely excellent goal, and Bueno, movingly, dedicated it to his brother Guille Bueno, who tore his ACL playing for Real Valladolid back in January. "Stay strong brother, I love you," he posted afterward. In any other context, that dedication is the story of the night.
But the 94th minute is what Arsenal fans will carry home. Substitute Riccardo Calafiori had come on at the 90+3 mark for the injured Leandro Trossard. One minute later - his very first involvement - he redirected a Wolves cross directly into his own net. 2-2. Full time. Two more points dropped.
Folks, that is biblical levels of cruel fortune. Or is it? Because here is where the data becomes genuinely troubling. According to Opta Analyst, only Crystal Palace and West Ham have dropped more points from winning positions in the Premier League in 2026 than Arsenal, who have now surrendered seven points from winning positions this calendar year alone. Crystal Palace and West Ham. Two clubs that have no business being mentioned alongside a purported title contender.
Seven points from winning positions in 2026. That is not a bad night. That is a character trait showing up in the scoreline over and over again. Championships are built and lost in those final minutes when the game is there to be closed out, and Arsenal keeps flinching in exactly those moments.
Calafiori is a talented player and this is not about him personally. This is about a squad that cannot close. The technical staff has to look at these numbers and ask some hard questions. That's what sports is all about, folks - and right now, Arsenal is failing the test.
