They went 29 games, shit or not, you had to be worried.
Even if they didn't go unbeaten all season, if they got to late April still unbeaten they would have practically gone all season, and would have been in the mid-30s (even if the favourable fixture list helped massively, nobody would mention or care about that) and that would have been enough for their horrible fans to belittle our great achievement - I could see it coming "49 games? Who cares? We went 37 and we're supposedly crap" Blah, blah, blah.
Plus I would have shitting bricks if it came down to us stopping them at the Emirates, would have been HORRIBLE.
I agree they were very lucky, not even close to being comparable to our 49, but I'm very thankful and relieved it's over. And that they fell a long, long way short of our total.