Thinking about it, I did it based on our game ten being played at the same time as their game 10, which is not really fair because one or other of the two teams had a game in hand.
This is the points gap on every day that either Arsenal or us played. The number in brackets is how many games more than Arsenal we'd played at the time, so the last time that they were within 3 points of us was 21st December, when we had two games in hand.
In any case, not a title race since November, just a nice gentle stroll while some Lego haired Pep rip off watched us from the bushes.
Date Gap
17 Aug (+0) 0
24 Aug (-1) -3
25 Aug (+0) 0
31 Aug (-1) -1
01 Sep (+0) 2
14 Sep (+1) 2
15 Sep (+0) -1
21 Sep (+1) 2
22 Sep (+0) 1
28 Sep (+0) 1
05 Oct (+0) 1
19 Oct (-1) 1
20 Oct (+0) 4
27 Oct (+0) 4
02 Nov (+0) 7
09 Nov (+1) 10
10 Nov (+0) 9
23 Nov (-1) 6
24 Nov (+0) 9
30 Nov (-1) 6
01 Dec (+0) 9
04 Dec (+0) 7
08 Dec (-1) 6
14 Dec (-1) 6
21 Dec (-2) 3
22 Dec (-1) 6
26 Dec (+0) 9
27 Dec (-1) 6
29 Dec (+0) 9
01 Jan (-1) 6
04 Jan (-2) 5
05 Jan (-1) 6
14 Jan (+0) 7
15 Jan (-1) 4
18 Jan (-1) 6
25 Jan (-1) 6
01 Feb (+0) 9
02 Feb (-1) 6
12 Feb (+0) 7
15 Feb (-1) 4
16 Feb (+0) 7
19 Feb (+1) 8
22 Feb (+0) 8
23 Feb (+1) 11
26 Feb (+1) 13