Assessing how Arsenal have fared in previous league title defences

When it was put to him in a recent interview that Arsenal are the defending Premier League champions, Mikel Arteta interjected.“Attacking another Premier League,” came the correction. “That’s where we’re going.”That is the ambition but it is easier said than done, as a glance through Arsenal’s history books confirms.Since winning the First Division in the 1934-35 season to make it three in a row, Arsenal have claimed the top-flight title ten times.On the past nine occasions, the Gunners have failed to defend their crown. That is 92 years of history that Arteta and his players are attempting to defy.Here is how those title defences fell short for Arsenal...Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Wilson concedes against Wolves in February 1939.Getty Images1938-39, finished 5thLooking to kick on as champions