Mikel Arteta has downplayed the significance of Arsenal’s win against Leicester City in the broader context of the Premier League season.
The Gunners are in the title race for the third consecutive season and have been in fine form so far.
They remain unbeaten and are staying close to the top of the league standings, keeping pace with teams like Liverpool and Manchester City.
Arteta’s side had to work hard for the victory against the Foxes, after initially allowing a two-goal lead to slip.
While Arsenal will aim to secure future wins in a more comfortable fashion, Arteta was asked whether this particular victory is crucial in the title race.
He said, as quoted by Express Sport:
“This is the sixth game in the Premier League. We are in September.
“We want to win every game. We do our best to do that and we go game-by-game and try to improve every week. But, regardless of what we do, we are in September.”
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Arteta knows the season has just begun and now is not the time to talk about the end.
We need to switch our focus quickly to the next match and continue to win as many of them as possible.
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Only the next game counts,next cup final SOUTHAMPTON a must win game IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW WE WIN if we win the league WHO CARES ????
He’s quite right. Nothing is remotely close to being decided and neither the recent results against City or Leicester will make much of a difference in 32 games time.
Also, it’s far from certain that it will be a two-horse race. There are several teams that could well challenge, not only the “usual suspects”, but others. It’s going to be a long, hard, slog to May.
It’s a marathon not a sprint.We have not been firing on all cylinders so far and yet, we remain undefeated.This in itself is a good sign as I am confident we will improve when Merino and Odegaard link up with Rice in what should be a formidable midfield trio.
It was a massive deal. We were starring at a damaging draw. It was huge, not drawing against a poor Leicester.
Always much better to win than drop points of course, but as Arteta says, we’re not out of September yet and there are still 32 games (96 points) left to play.
I think we should accept that at some stage across those remaining games, Arsenal and other teams will drop points unexpectedly. We’ll only really know how that effects everyone in May.
It is crucial to collect three points in every game to stay in contention. Avoiding dropping points is a must, so despite drawing two games, Arsenal is still competitive.
I don’t think you really mean that Arsenal must win all their remaining 32 EPL games, do you? If they did, they would easily smash the current record of 100 points (set by City a few years ago). Nothing is impossible I guess, but it’s hardly likely.
Anything is possible, and I’m all in on that idea. It would be fantastic if it actually happened.