Arsenal midfielder, Declan Rice has urged his teammates to live with their title disappointment and use it to fuel their desire next season.
The Gunners were unable to win the Premier League for the first time in two decades as Manchester City, the eventual winners, defeated West Ham 3-1 on Sunday to seal the title.
Kai Havertz’s goal in the 89th minute gave Arsenal the victory over Everton, 2-1, after Takehiro Tomiyasu had cancelled out Idrissa Gueye’s first-half goal at the Emirates. However, it was insufficient.
With 16 wins out of 18 games, Mikel Arteta’s team had been nearly unbeaten in the league in 2024. However, City overcame them to win the league title by two points after winning their matchup with Tottenham on Tuesday and then overcoming West Ham.
According to the Belfast Telegraph, Rice, after an excellent debut campaign at Arsenal, reflected: “The last few weeks have been so whirlwind in terms of the emotions, the feelings we’ve had, watching other games, playing our games.
“It’s not something I want to experience again, but it’s an experience I’m so grateful to have had being in my first title race. It’s been so special.
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“To not win it is gutting, but we can’t rely on other teams to help us out. We have to look back on ourselves and games where we dropped points. That is ultimately where we’ve lost the league, but we’ll be back.
“We’re really confident as a group and you see the manager has full control of everything. I’m sure we’ll be stronger in the summer.”
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