Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta refused to be drawn on the concept that the Gunners are now favourites to win this season’s Premier League title following their win over Manchester United on Sunday.
Arsenal initially got here from behind towards a United solely overwhelmed as soon as in all competitions since early October, earlier than being pegged again themselves. But Eddie Nketiah scored his second objective of the sport to win it 3-2 on the very finish.
With half the season now behind them, the end result leaves Arteta’s staff 5 factors away from second place Manchester City with a recreation in hand. What’s extra, they’ve misplaced solely as soon as within the Premier League this season and have proven spectacular psychological power to safe outcomes.
Pressed on being given the label of title favourites, Arteta claimed he has no opinion. However, by describing it as ‘perception, the Spaniard appears well aware that people are openly saying it.
“I don’t have an opinion, it may be a notion,” he commented, by way of Arsenal.com.
“I know my team so well. I know where we are, I know we are here and I know where we want to be, and we are still far from that. I know the level of the other teams, especially one that has won everything in the last five or six years, and we are not there yet.”
Whatever approach you take a look at it, Arsenal haven’t not been able like this for 15 years. Their final severe title problem got here approach again in 2007/08, whereas the ‘Invincibles’ technology of 2003/04 stays the final Gunners staff to be topped Premier League champions.
“Extraordinary, I would say!” Arteta mentioned of the primary half of the season.
“It doesn’t get much better than that, that’s the reality. I think we deserve the points that we have, I think we have played well enough to win most of the matches, but the reality as well is that we still have a lot of things that we can get much better at, attacking and defending in transitions, in set-pieces and that’s the aim.”