‘Over my dead body’ – Arsenal boss Arteta refuses to give up on Premier League title | OneFootball

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says no team has ever won the Premier League title in their circumstances – but won’t stop fighting until it’s mathematically impossible.

The Gunners’ chances were dealt a massive blow at the weekend as they lost 1-0 at home to West Ham United, allowing Liverpool to pull eight points clear at the top when they beat Manchester City 2-0 on Sunday.

“It was a very disappointing weekend,” Arteta admitted. “The previous 15 games we had won 10 and drawn five – exactly the same as Liverpool with exactly the same goal difference.

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“So we have been extremely consistent over the last three months considering everything we have been through. We have generated that momentum and it was that weekend where we have to go again but we got a defeat. On top of that they [Liverpool] win.

“When you are trying to beat that momentum and we put so much into it with the circumstances that we have, it was a really hard one to take. The reality is there are so many games to play and you have to get back to it.”

Arsenal have had to deal with a series of injury setbacks this season, particularly in attack where Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz have been ruled out for the season, while Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli remain sidelined.

Arsenal boss Arteta refuses to give up on Premier League

Arteta said the north London outfit would only give up on the Premier League title “over my dead body” while insisting finishing the season on top remains a possibility.

“If not I will go home,” he told the media on Tuesday. “Mathematically it is possible. You are there, you have to play every game, suddenly three days ago we could close a gap and you are like ‘you are one-and-a-half games away’. It doesn’t matter, we have to continue to go.

“The difficulty is higher than three days about but if you are going to win the Premier League you have to do something special. If you are going to win the Premier League with the circumstances we have you will probably have to do something that nobody else has done in the history of the Premier League.”

Meanwhile, Liverpool boss Arne Slot says his side won’t take the title for granted ahead of the run-in. “I don’t need to enforce the message,” he said.

“These same players have played all season, they are so long in this competition – even longer than me. They know how hard it is to win this league. When you’ve got 11 to play it’s such a long way to go.”

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