Arsenal defender William Saliba has challenged the Gunners to not drop any extra factors if they’re to finish a 20-year await the Premier League title this season.
Mikel Arteta’s aspect are prime of the desk with 5 video games left to play, forward of Liverpool on objective distinction alone and one level in entrance of Manchester Metropolis, who’ve a recreation in hand.
That additional recreation for Metropolis signifies that Arsenal’s future will not be in their very own fingers, however Saliba has urged his teammates to use as a lot “stress” as potential by successful all of their remaining fixtures.
“In fact, something can occur within the final 5 video games,” the Frenchman stated.
“If we wish one thing on the finish we’ve got to win. Will probably be very powerful as a result of we’re so near Liverpool and Metropolis however we began nicely [against Wolves on Saturday] and need to hold going.
“If we wish to put stress on, we’ve got to win, to win and hold going like this. We all know it is going to be exhausting however we’re ready.”
Arsenal set an undesirable Premier League file final season because the membership to have spent probably the most time in first place with out truly successful the title – 248 days, to be exact – earlier than Metropolis swept previous.
The harm a 12 months in the past was performed by three successive attracts in April, adopted by a heavy defeat in opposition to Metropolis on the Etihad Stadium, after which Arsenal slipped into second and by no means recovered.
Saliba, then in his first correct season with the Gunners after a number of years creating out on mortgage, had been a revelation however crucially missed the entire of April and Could with a difficult again drawback that proved catastrophic to the crew that started transport targets in his absence.
The 23-year-old has been a rock as soon as extra in 2023/24 and can hope the successful finish to the season continues with Tuesday’s go to of Chelsea. Tottenham Hotspur, Bournemouth, Manchester United and Everton are then on the calendar, with the Premier League now all that’s left for Arsenal to play for.