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By Tony Attwood

In 1998/9 Manchester United beat Arrsenal to the trophy by one point and a goal difference of one goal.   But the way the two clubs got their goal difference couldn’t have been much different. Arsenal let in 20 goals fewer but scored 21 goals fewer.

1 Manchester United 38 22 13 3 80 37 43 79
2 Arsenal 38 22 12 4 59 17 42 78

This season however, with ManC and Arsenal having played, like all the other clubs except two, the same number of games, there’s a real difference in the goal scoring departments.

1 Arsenal 10 8 1 1 18 3 15 25
2 Manchester City 10 6 1 3 20 8 12 19
3 Liverpool 10 6 0 4 18 14 4 18
4 AFC Bournemouth 10 5 3 2 17 14 3 18

Now Arsenal have scored only two goals scored behind ManC (who apparently...

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