Arteta Just Wants His Boys To Just Finish The Job, Can They Still Do So?
The Premier League title race is growing more competitive by the day, with Manchester City closing in on Arsenal. One mistake may change everything for the Gunners, and the 2-2 draw away to West Ham could deny Arsenal the chance to finish the season in style.
Arteta understands this all too well; all it takes is hearing him tell his players to soak up the pressure and finish what they started, to realise how crucial the next few weeks are. Yes, some say Man City are favourites to lift the PL title, but to this claim, Arteta said via Arsenal.com, “If you asked them at the start of the season, it was like this, so nothing has changed.
“You need luck in the right moment. That is really important and how you think about it. There is another part in sports; it’s about inches. Those inches have to go your way.
“We are where we are. We are happy where we are. We have to finish the job. In order to do that, we need that extra bit of everybody.”
While Manchester City wins, Arsenal must also win. This weekend, Arsenal failed to do so, with Manchester City thumping Leicester 3-1 and Arsenal drawing 2-2 with West Ham. The Gunners have the opportunity to widen the gap on City to 7 points next weekend when they face Southampton in the PL, Manchester City will be playing in the FA Cup semis.
Arsenal’s win over the Saints will put pressure on Guardiola and his team, pressure that Arsenal should take advantage of when they visit the Etihad after next weekend.
That will be the “Cup Final” where we find out if Arteta’s young guns can really compete with the very best or not.
Daniel O
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Unfortunately this Arsenal side is not ready go all the way this season. The Westham game was confirmation for me that we not going to be champions this season, well done to the boys but they need a little more maturing. We can go again next season Liverpool was on top of the log almost most of the season in 2018 but couldnt make all the way the same with this Arsenal side, i think next season we can give it a better run
it aint over till the old, fat & ugly lady sings!!
Arteta seems is preparing us to mentally accept our fate of not being champions come end of the season. Phrases such as finish strong and your support are the hallmarks of a team resigning itself to not having what it takes.its over and we all know it. Even this forum has been quiet since the game. All Arsenal fans world wide are disappointed. It hurts that we have up the season not at city but at West ham after being up 2-0.
If we dont win the league, it will have more to do with the debacles at Liverpool and West Ham from positions of great strength. Not ( if we do) getting beat at city. There seems to be a flaw in the way we play football that cant cope with pressure situations, especially when they are self inflicted. I haven’t given up yet because thats why it is a league, you get strange results but we are shooting ourselves in the foot.
Earlier in the season we were so good at quieting crowds in away games and completely stifling the opposition, staying in control for the full game, but now it seems like momentum is playing a big factor. When momentum turns against us, we’re not handling it so well. We seem more complacent and less professional – I don’t believe that’s the case, but it appears that way from the outside, and I can only think it’s the pressure.
We do have to remember, as we get closer to the end of the season, the games are getting bigger for everyone, not just our direct rivals. We need to thoroughly beat teams, because if we give them a sniff, they will come back against us. That includes Southampton.