They live different realities, but they share a crisis of results that need to be improved
“This is not over,” warned Mikel Arteta at a press conference on the Premier title
Shake or die. He Arsenal of Mikel ArtetaNo longer dependent on himself to win the Premier League, he cannot afford to stumble any more when he faces Chelsea. It is no longer enough for him to win the rest of the games: now he has to cross his fingers so that City stumbles. But that will be another concern.
For the Basque coach, right now, the most important thing is to return to the path of victory, the one they haven’t seen for four games. Three draws in a row and a defeat against Guardiola’s men Their ‘Gunner’ spirits have been hit hard, and now they will have a good stage to regain their confidence by facing another big man in trouble.
Because if Arsenal’s situation sounds bad, Chelsea’s is to sit down and cry. The ‘blue’ team closed the month of May with just one goal, three coaches (Graham Potter, Bruno Saltor and Frank Lampard) mired in 12th position with just 39 points, only ten above the relegation zone and with the European places mathematically possible, but footballingly unlikely.
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At a press conference, Arteta clarified that whoever fights is not dead: “I know what we were trying to do, what was the goal we had set for ourselves, and we still have the most beautiful part of the season ahead of us, with five games to go. But when I still look at it, this isn’t over”. And he positively valued the return to the Champions League: “It is something that has not happened for more than a decade in this football club & rdquor ;.
Probable lineups:
Arsenal: Ramsdale; White, Holding, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Xhaka, Partey; Saka, Odegaard, Trossard; Jesus.
Chelsea: Kepa; Chalobah, Silva, Fofana, Chilwell; Fernandez, Kante, Gallagher; Felix, Havertz, Sterling.
Hour: 21:00.
Stadium: Emirates Stadium.