Mikel Arteta pictured throughout Arsenal’s Champions League match with Sporting CP. (Picture by Alex Pantling/Getty Pictures)
Mikel Arteta has fired a warning to Liverpool in regards to the difficulties they might face holding onto their lead within the Premier League title race.
The Reds at present sit eight factors clear on the summit heading into this weekend’s key conflict in opposition to Manchester Metropolis after successful 10 and shedding simply considered one of their opening 12 matches.
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Nevertheless, Arne Slot will possible be the primary to let you know that isn’t an unassailable lead. In actual fact, there have been seven events in Premier League historical past alone the place a niche of 10 or extra factors has been overturned by the eventual title winner.
However, Liverpool look virtually unstoppable proper now and it’s going to take one thing particular to cease them, each domestically and on the continent.
Mikel Arteta fires title warning to Liverpool
Mikel Arteta pictured throughout Arsenal’s Premier League match with Liverpool. (Picture by Alex Pantling/Getty Pictures)
Complacency or accidents may additionally play a key function and after watching his aspect cleared the path at numerous factors over the past two seasons — together with by eight factors in January 2023 — with out successful the title, Arteta has despatched some phrases of warning to Arne Slot.
“We’ve been there and to maintain it for 10 months is extraordinarily troublesome,” Arteta instructed Sky Sports activities forward of Arsenal’s conflict with London rivals West Ham. “All of the sudden whenever you suppose you may have it, in the future it collapses.
“It may be a outcome, via accidents or different kinds of choices. And it could occur in any second. We have now to be prepared for that.
“However it’s one thing we will’t management. What we will management is be at our best.”
Requested if Arsenal are able to catching Liverpool this season to win their first title since 2003/04, Arteta replied: “I actually consider in my group, sure.”