Jorginho insists he is always happy to be considered an underdog and wants Arsenal to use that tag to their advantage.
The Gunners are in a three-horse race to win the Premier League alongside Manchester City and Liverpool.
The other two clubs have more experience in winning the competition, having secured the title in the last four seasons.
Arsenal came close last term, and their inexperience cost them the title. So, most people still consider them pretenders in this race.
Liverpool and City seem to have more than it takes to win, and they are ahead of Arsenal, but Jorginho does not think that is a bad thing. The Italian insists he loves to be an underdog.
The Euro 2020 winner explains, as quoted by Standard Sport:
“I like to be underdogs.
“Let people speak, we need to stay humble, keep working hard and keep believing. Then we’ll see where we are going to get.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
As underdogs, we are playing under less pressure because even if we do not win the title, people will say they always knew we wouldn’t.
This puts the pressure on Manchester City and Liverpool and allows us to just continue winning games and staying close to them as we wait for one to drop points so we can overtake them.
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I concur with Jorginho and the article writer. In my view, Arteta tends to get a bit too caught up in his tactics when the pressure’s on. It’s like he’s afraid that even a tiny tweak could lead to disaster. Take the Porto match, for instance—no substitutions, no change in strategy, despite it being painfully obvious that they had us locked down. Lately, I’ve found myself feeling more confident when we’re up against tough opponents where we’re not expected to win. It’s like we revert to simpler, more effective tactics, and the team looks more relaxed. Maybe keeping it basic helps them feel more comfortable on the pitch.
Now you can see the plan guys, hoping it works, though i know it will. COYG!
This is a very good mindset by Jorginho and we Gooners should all take it in and use it
But have the two title win teams of Liverpool and Man City, considered Arsenal as the underdogs to win the title this seaso?
I don’t think they do. Rather, I think they see Arsenal as the rival team title win challenger. Who is seriously challenging them for the title win this season.
I like Jorginho, just a cool lad, has contagious team spirit, doesn’t care whether he plays or doesn’t, is just happy with the progress of the team…. When called in, he proves the difference between being universally exceptional and just being incidentally brilliant. I hope he becomes MA understudy very soon.