Arsenal are no longer relying on themselves to win the Premier League but on Tuesday they will go top again if they win the London derby against Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium. In this case, the ‘gunners’ will be two points ahead of Manchester City, although the latter have two pending games to play.
Mikel Arteta The Arsenal coach, still confident of winning what would be the club’s first Premier League title since 2004 despite a run of four games without a win, three of which were draws against Liverpool (2-2), West Ham (2-2) and bottom club Southampton (3). -3) before receiving Wednesday’s resounding defeat against City at the Etihad (4-1).
“We can still win the Premier because we still have five games left to play and A lot more can happen,” Arteta assured today. “Now the title race is out of our hands. But what is left in our hands is to try and win the games we have left, and the rest is up to City.”
Arteta He said his players were “retaining strong determination” after City’s defeat, although he admitted the team clearly needed to improve if they were to keep their title hopes alive. That’s the mentality we need and that’s what I like the most these past few days,” he said.
The Champions League, secured after seven years
Whether he wins the Premier or not, Arteta said “I am very proud and grateful to all those who helped to achieve the mathematical classification for the Champions League five or six games from the end, which is something that hasn’t happened in a decade”. The ‘Gunners’ have not participated in the Champions League since the 2016-2017 season and since then they have played in the Europa League.
However, the Arsenal squad is not satisfied with qualifying for the Champions League and wants the Premier. “This is what we need if we want to progress as a club and as a team,” Arteta said. “We have to forget what happened last week, learn from it and move on to the next game.”
Saliba is even lower
Finally, Arteta advanced than central William Saliba, key to his defense, “Nothing improved this week” and he is still out with the back problems that have kept him out since March 16’s Arsenal-Sporting Europa League exit.
Source: La Verdad
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