Arsenal has had a rough season, but they've performed particularly poorly over the last three games. The point of this series isn't to pick on Arsenal, have a laugh at their expense or talk about how much they suck. There are reasons -- some their fault and some not -- that Arsenal are struggling right now. Some of their struggling has been done to them; Sunderland and AC Milan are good teams with good managers.
It's interesting to look at Arsenal's last three games and what their opponents have done to them for two reasons. One, because both Max Allegri and Martin O'Neill have been so effective at making things hard for the Gunners. Two, because the two teams play very different styles that give Arsenal trouble for different ...