Despite his team’s humiliating 4-1 loss to Manchester City, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is refusing to give up on the Premier League title race.
Arsenal’s fate remained in their own hands despite losing steam with three straight draws prior to the trip to the Etihad Stadium as they sat five points clear at the top after playing two more games than the league champions.
With only five games remaining in the season, the Gunners’ title chances are now dangling by a thread after being completely destroyed by Pep Guardiola’s team.
Arteta’s team have 75 points after 33 games this season. However, if Man City wins both of their remaining games, they will overtake Arsenal and have 79 points after the same number of games.
What Did Mikel Arteta Say?
Arteta was asked about Opta’s prediction that Man City now have a 92% chance of winning the league after seeing his team lose to the Citizens with a whimper.
However, he noted that his team was predicted to finish outside the top five before the first ball was kicked this season, and anything can happen in the upcoming weeks.
“The stats said at the start of the season that Arsenal were going to finish sixth or seventh.
“We are where we are with five games to go,” Arsenal.com quotes Arteta as saying.
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“Those players deserve a lot of credit, to be where we are after nine and a half months. There are still five games to play. I’ve been in this country for nearly 22 years and I’ve seen a lot of things; I know how much it shifts from game to game.
“There are no two equal games in this league. First of all, we have to lift our players, because they suffered tonight.
“They played against an exceptional team – they know that. But we’re an exceptional team as well and today we weren’t at the races at the level that was required to win the game.”
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