Arsenal FC skilled Charles Watts has made it clear he’s satisfied the Gunners can nonetheless run Liverpool very shut on this season’s Premier League title race.
The Gunners beat Nottingham Forest on the weekend to bounce again after some poor latest type, whereas Manchester Metropolis appear to be slipping away after a shock run of 5 defeats in a row in all competitions.
Talking completely to CaughtOffside for his newest Day by day Briefing column, Watts had his say on Arsenal’s hopes for the season, making it clear he felt it was not a carried out deal but for league leaders Liverpool.
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“With about 25 minutes to go at Southampton on Sunday, it was wanting like turning right into a close to good weekend for Arsenal within the Premier League,” Watts mentioned.
“Mikel Arteta’s aspect produced their finest efficiency of the season thus far on Saturday as they brushed Nottingham Forest apart 3-0 after which they sat again and watched Manchester Metropolis get taken aside by a medical Spurs on the Etihad.
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“Southampton’s fightback towards Liverpool at St Mary’s, which noticed them main 2-1 after falling behind early on, regarded like placing the gloss on what had been a superb 24 hours, however then that man Mo Salah carried out his rescue act for Liverpool, albeit with quite a lot of assist from the Saints keeper and defence.
“So issues didn’t fairly prove in addition to they may have carried out for Arsenal, with Liverpool sustaining their 9 level benefit over them, however to be trustworthy that was anticipated at the beginning of the weekend. Any dropped factors from Liverpool on the south coast would have been a bonus.
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“For Arsenal the important thing factor now could be to simply construct on the end result and efficiency towards Forest, as a result of it was excellent. For the primary time in a very long time there was an actual sense of stability within the crew. They regarded rather more just like the Arsenal aspect we’ve develop into accustomed to during the last couple of years and they should construct on that now.”
He added: “If Mikel Arteta can proceed to have his massive gamers accessible to him over the approaching weeks then there isn’t a purpose why they will’t string a powerful profitable run collectively. There are six winnable video games within the league between now and New 12 months’s Day, if Arsenal win all six then I’m satisfied they are going to be inside touching distance of Liverpool after they enter 2025 after which it is going to be all to play for.
“Liverpool are on a hell of a run, nevertheless it doesn’t really feel like they’re unbeatable. Issues are going their approach a bit and Sunday’s recreation at Southampton was a transparent instance of that.”
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It’s definitely shaping as much as be an attention-grabbing title race, however Arsenal followers will little doubt be fuming that their crew has slipped up simply as Manchester Metropolis have lastly additionally hit a tough patch.
The north London giants completed simply two factors behind Pep Guardiola’s males as final season’s title race went proper all the way down to the ultimate day of the season.