With the 5-2 win over London and league rivals West Ham, Arsenal had temporarily narrowed the gap between them and the Premier League table toppers Liverpool to 6 points.
The majority of Gooners had hoped that Manchester City could improve and defeat Liverpool, keeping the gap between the Merseyside club and Arsenal at 6 points, but that didn’t happen.
Liverpool emerged victorious, beating the defending champs 2-0, regaining a 9-point lead over our Gunners. Arsenal can only hope that the Reds drop points, as they aim to accumulate as many points as possible through a prolonged winning run.
Given their unwavering determination to win, Jorginho might have unveiled their hidden strategy. According to him, they must achieve victory through any means possible. To achieve this, he feels they start by transforming the Emirates Stadium into a fortress, punishing their opponents there, and then hoping to leverage this momentum in away games.
The Italian midfielder told the Express, “I think it might help. But we need to be ready for anything and trying to win in any context. We need to try and use our strength at home to win as much as possible.”
Jorginho’s strategic rallying call is timely. Given Arsenal’s upcoming fixtures, they will be playing 8 of their next 12 games at the Emirates Stadium. Managing a perfect record at home and gaining momentum from that should help them go on a winning streak. Liverpool will drop points; they just have to.
That said, up next for the Gunners is a clash with an unpredictable Manchester United at home. A win over the Manchester Reds should set the perfect foundation for wins over Fulham, Crystal Palace, and Brentford thereafter.
Newcastle and Everton now have the chance to do what City and Real Madrid have failed to do: stop Liverpool in the Reds next 2 PL matches.
Sam P
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I hear what he’s saying, but we can win as many games as we like.
At the end of the day, like it or not we need to Liverpool to drop points.
And although of course its possible, will they drop enough points for us to take advantage.
And remember, we need this to happen while winning all our games, a very big ask I think you’ll agree.
Sure the home run could help us close the gap, Liverpool is not the winning machine of Man City,
When the champion is their mood you would not doubt them going on a decent unbeaten run.
Maybe Liverpool will drop some points in December, whatever happens we need to be perfect and get 3 points every match.
We have to rely on Liverpool losing 3 matches and getting a draw to get out front.
We can go on a run, but so can Liverpool. Not a good position to be in, but still in the race. Unfortunately our fate is not totally in our hands, we need Liverpool to falter and topple
That’s what’s going to make toppling Liverpool so hard.
While we need them to drop points, we’ve got to be pretty perfect with our own results, a very big ask I think you’ll agree.
But keep on chasing and see what happens. Arsenal can only control there fate.