I think a lot of people in the chat are seriously underestimating the affect on injuries in Arsenals season. City lost Rodri this season and their whole season fell apart. They were favourites for the PL and Champions league at the start and now struggling to make top four. Few years back Liverpool lost Van Dijk and just about got fourth. Arteta has lost his best player, captain, and key players like White and Havertz for months. We had no attack for two months. He’s barely complained about it and is second (albeit a distant second) in the league and two games away from a champions league final. In my opinion that’s very impressive.

Finishing second place is like hitting the post. Yeah, it was super close in terms of being a goal, but it isn’t, so you might has well have hit the corner flag.

Spurs fan in peace. Arteta has done a great job considering where Arsenal were. However, I do think he needs something soon or they’ll become no more than late Wenger Arsenal - CL qualification and no more.

Arsenal are in the position we (Liverpool) were a few years back. Good enough to contend but just a few too many draws. Once they iron that out they will bag a title I'm sure. Arteta has brought them on tremendously, I can't see why anyone would even think of moving him on.

I honestly think Arteta is the problem at Arsenal. He’s far too emotional and he has his players far too emotional as well. Instead of taking each game as it comes, every game is treated like a cup final no matter how far into the season it is. Arsenal have the most bookings for time wasting this season, which is something you would expect from a team fighting to stay up not going for the title. Arteta himself was booked for throwing a tantrum over a throw in on the half way line a few weeks back. I know every manager and their team can let the occasion get the better of them at times, especially in big games, but it seems to happen to Arsenal far too often. He is a good manager, he just needs to chill out.

I think you have to take stock when a manager that has spent almost a billion pounds continually fails in his goals. And before any of those Arsenal fans say it, it isn't injuries, it isn't VAR, it isn't the PGMOL, it isn't the ball used in the Carabao Cup (possibly my favourite one). Arteta has not been good enough to win the Prem.

Arsenal need to stop using ‘injuries’ as the reason why they’re not winning trophies this season. Depending on a Champions league title, a couple of good performances, a favourable last 16 draw, and a resounding victory over an out of form and poor Madrid, this isn’t a good season. I watch Arsenal and admire how they play and generally control games, but what’s the point if you have nothing to show for it? Sign a striker this summer and give Arteta one more season. But if that doesn’t get you trophies, who do you replace him with?

As an Arsenal fan I think we made too many mistakes which cost us, each time we went a goal ahead we took the foot off the gas and slowed the play right down, clearly because of the Champions League in sight. Personally, I think we have lost the league through too many individual errors.

While Arsenal are undoubtedly a good team, and very good defensively, it’s clear they’ve gone backwards this year in terms of creativity and attacking threat. And they actually got more ppg and more goals per game when Saka was injured so you can’t blame that. They desperately need to beat PSG otherwise it looks like a couple of unexpected Declan rice free kicks (the first he’s ever scored in his career) will have papered over the cracks this season.

You'd actually think Arsenal had guaranteed second spot. It would not be surprising to see them finish in third or lower.

Interesting time for an Arsenal wobble with a strong & Europe chasing Bournemouth next and then a trip to Liverpool. Second isn't looking so nailed on right now.

Re Emil @8.21 and the Sistine Chapel. Sorry to be really pedantic about this, but the building that the chapel is housed in is very plain and unspectacular. It's the painting on the ceiling by Michelangelo, which makes it famous and that only took 4 years. Apologies for the most boring BBC Sport reaction ever!

RE your question on how long to build Rome, Joe - depends on the medium. If we're talking real Rome, I'd say almost certainly more than two days; if we're playing Age of Empires, oh boy, we could've built a glorious Rome and be heading off on conquests in mere hours! I wonder if Arteta plays.

@Emil. The Sistine chapel actually isn’t in Rome. It’s in Vatican City. The original question was How long did it take to build Rome. Not the Sistine Chapel.

Reading some of the Arsenal messages here, I worry some of readers may think it's Arteta Out at the Emirates. All we've ever wanted is a team justifying our move from Highbury; a team that can compete with the big boys. And this team is the first that can hold it's own with the City and Liverpool that has dominated the last 8-10 years. Arteta took over a rag tag of very expensive misfits and now we have a young team we can connect with, sprinkled with some Hale End graduates. We love this team and we love what Arteta has done. Winning something is more important for keeping the team together (Saliba, Gabriel) than whether or not Arteta should stay. Yes, he absolutely should stay.

Arsenal were poor last night, but were clearly focused on getting through unscathed before the Champions League semi-final. This is the best Arsenal team for years, and I predict they'll win the Premier League next season. They are too good not to.

No-one is saying "second is okay". They're saying "second isn't panic stations". If you think you sack your manager for coming second, I'm incredibly glad you're not the one running my football club.