Arsenal branded ‘bottle job champions of world’ as horror stat shows time spent at top of the league before blowing it

ARSENAL have once again been labelled “bottle jobs” after incredible stats showed the nightmare nature of their Premier League title failures.

The Gunners were humbled at home to Brighton on Sunday as they suffered a 3-0 defeat.

Arsenal have thrown away the Premier League title at the end of this seasonRichard Pelham / The Sun

The Gunners suffered a similar fate in the 2002/03 campaignGetty

The result all but ends their title ambitions as they now sit four points adrift of Manchester City having also played a game more.

Pep Guardiola‘s men can wrap up the title on Sunday with a win over Chelsea at the Etihad – if not even earlier if Arsenal lose to Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

Arsenal have set the pace for almost the entire campaign, but came up short when it really mattered.

And stats revealed by Sportbible show they have sat top of the league for a whopping 93 per cent of the season.

The most time spent at the top of the Premier League table without winning the title

That is more than any other team in Premier League HISTORY that has NOT gone on to win the title.

It eclipses the previous record set by Arsenal during the 2002/03 campaign when they led the way for 71 per cent of the campaign, before Man Utd chased them down and triumphed by five points.

And third place on the not-so-glamorous list is, you guess it, Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger‘s side from 2007/08 spent 57 per cent of the season at the summit, but Man Utd once again came out on top.

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Liverpool‘s 2018/19 side come next on the list as they enjoyed just over half the campaign in pole position before Man City beat them to the crown by a single point in an incredibly high-quality title run-in.

And rounding off the top five is another of Wenger’s Arsenal sides.

The Gunners’ 2013/14 team spent 48 per cent of the season at the top of the table.

But they eventually slipped all the way down to fourth, ending the campaign seven points adrift of champions Man City.

Arsenal also missed out in the 2007/08 campaign after more than half the season at the topPA:Press Association

Liverpool were caught and passed by Man City during the 2018/19 campaignGetty – Contributor

Arsenal slipped to fourth in the 2007/08 campaign after doing the early pacesettingEPA