Arsenal will star this week in another chapter of their exciting battle with Manchester City to win the Premier League. If achieved, it would be the Gunners’ first since 2004.
Two days before the end of the English championship, the team Mikel Arteta are leading by a point before visiting Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Arteta is clear
But Arsenal are not counting on themselves as City, who open the penultimate matchday this Saturday with a visit to Fulham, have a game in hand, which will be played on Tuesday against Tottenham in London.
Arteta now assured that he would welcome it the situation Arsenal find themselves in before the start of the season. “I would have taken the pen and signed,” said the Basque coach in the press conference before the classic against United.
Arsenal are favorites to win at Old Trafford, although Arteta has doubting the physical condition of winger Bukayo Saka and full-back Takehiro Tomiyasuwhich will be tested in practice on Saturday.
One win in the last 16 visits to Old Trafford
Arsenal have won just one of their last 16 games at Old Trafford, losing 10 of them, but United, eighth in the Premier League, have been hit by injuries, particularly in defence, and were humiliated on Monday by Crystal Palace (4 -0) in what was their 13th defeat in the championship, a negative record in their entire history.
Arteta was asked if he believed it would be enough for Arsenal to win their two games to be crowned champions and prevent City from winning a fourth Premier League title in a row, an unprecedented streak.
“It leaves us in a very clear situation,” Arteta said. “We have to concentrate and do what we have to do to be in the best situation possible. That’s what we’re doing. We have to think that it’s going to work and that we can be better than our opponent and beat them.”
“It’s not under our control”
However, Arteta admitted that “the end result could have been different, But that’s not under our control.”as City have a pending match against Tottenham, Arsenal’s eternal rivals.
When asked If the team will watch City’s game against Fulham, Arteta said: “We love training,” but added: “I’m sure people will relate.”
Source: La Verdad
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