Arsenal just did what Title-Winning Teams™ do

This was about as dramatic as it gets

Arsenal went down nine seconds into Saturday’s game against Bournemouth, and it took them 96 more minutes until they finally took the lead.

In an unbelievable match in which the Gunners showed, dare we say, the stuff of champions, Bournemouth went up 2-0 in the 57th minute, only for Arsenal to fight back and win with a dramatic Reiss Nelson winner in the seventh minute of stoppage time.

Amid wild celebrations at the Emirates Stadium, it would’ve been hard for fans and players alike to avoid the conclusion that Arsenal might just be headed for its first Premier League title in 20 years.

The victory pushed the Gunners back to a five-point lead ahead of Manchester City, who beat Newcastle 2-0 on Saturday in the early match of the day.

It all started about as poorly as it could for Arsenal, which went a goal behind when Phillip Billing scored after 9.11 seconds — the second-fastest goal in Premier League history.

When Marcos Senesi added a second for the Cherries, it looked like it was going to be a terrible afternoon for the Gunners and a great one for Man City.

But gravity would start to reassert itself, with Thomas Partey and Ben White scoring within an eight-minute span to level the match at 2-2.

As good as the comeback was, a home draw against the relegation-threatened Cherries would have been a hugely damaging result for the Gunners.

Enter Nelson, who came off the bench and made the difference on the day. His winner was the stuff of legend, not only for its timing and importance but for the sheer quality of the strike.

If this is Arsenal’s year, Saturday may be when the Gunners can say the title went from a dream to something more closely resembling reality.

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