Arsenal sit a point ahead of Manchester City after playing 37 of their 38 games. City have two matches to go, though, beginning with their trip to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Spurs are still in with a shot at Champions League qualification after rivals Aston Villa failed to beat Liverpool on Monday night. Six points from six would be enough for fourth spot if Villa lose away at Crystal Palace in their own final game.
Arsenal fans have been known to use 'Spursy' as a catch-all descriptor for misfortune befalling their North London rivals, though. And Wright, who won the league with the Gunners in 1998, has been licking his lips at the prospect of Ange Postecoglou's men doing Mikel Arteta a favour while still not achieving their own target.
"It would be the Spursiest, the most unbelievably Spursy thing for them to beat Man City by accident," Wright told Premier League Productions (via Metro). "It would be the greatest outcome for me (for Spurs to win and miss out on the Champions League).
"You have to hope. There is something in it for Spurs. It’s been up and down for them with so many injuries to key players. For them to find themselves at this stage of the season and still being able to qualify for top four with a new manager who lost Harry Kane at the start of the season.
"They started very well, dipped through the middle and they could finish on an unbelievable high if they can get into the Champions League. There is something there for Spurs and as a professional that’s what they’ll be looking at and what Ange will be looking at. The fans are saying things ‘I’d hate for Arsenal to do it’ but they players aren’t thinking like that, that’s not what’s bothering them."
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Postecoglou has been unable to share the mindset which leaves some Spurs fans hoping their team loses. “To me, I don't understand it, I never will," he said. "I understand rivalry. I was part of one of the biggest ones in the world in the last couple of years with Celtic and Rangers and I understand the rivalry.
“But I've never and will never understand if someone wants their own team to lose. That's not what sport is about. It's not what I love about the game. What I love more than anything in the game is the competitiveness, challenging yourself to beat someone and coming out successful.
“Anything outside of that it's got nothing to do with sport. It's got nothing to do with me. If other people want to treat it that way, that they get pleasure from other people's misery, that's not how I've lived my life and how I perceive my role.
“If you're going by social media then probably 99 per cent of supporters don't [want Spurs to win], but please don't tell me that's your world. My role is to bring success to this football club. I know 100 per cent of Spurs supporters want us to win, be successful and win trophies.”
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