Arteta left to search for solutions as Arsenal sink at Fulham

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LONDON -- If 2023 was the year in which Arsenal proved unable to last the pace as frontrunners then their New Year's resolution must be to thrive in the role of chasers.

A 2-1 defeat at Fulham on the final day of the calendar year extends a poor run of form to just one win in five Premier League games, dropping from first to fourth place in a faltering finale reminiscent of last season's title run-in.

Manchester City are course-and-distance serial winners and so it felt vital to Arsenal's chances of a first title since 2004 that they built up another substantial lead this time around, something City's own stuttering form and engagement at the FIFA Club World Cup…