Arsenal will embrace the chance of their title cost underneath Mikel Arteta, however the Spaniard has warned them to be ready for an “unprecedented” Premier League problem.
The Gunners sit 5 factors clear on the prime of the desk, having gained all however two of their top-flight video games this season, to emerge as unlikely contenders.
However with the marketing campaign having been cut up into two halves to accommodate a mid-season World Cup, Arsenal will return to motion in opposition to West Ham on Boxing Day with the stress on to choose up the place they left off.
Arteta feels his facet can thrive as they appear to maintain their title tilt on monitor, however acknowledges they’re taking a step into the unknown after the Premier League break.
“We’ve all of the crimson lights and alarms,” he advised Sky Sports activities. “What’s coming within the second a part of the season is one thing unprecedented, and we should be prepared for it.
“[But] there’s pleasure. We must be excited. We must be embracing the chance that we’ve forward of us, understanding we’ve to do a lot better.
“I would like the crew to play a sure method, and the extra constant we’re on that, the extra we’re going to win. We’ve the boldness we’re on the correct path.”
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Arsenal’s most important rivals this season stay reigning champions Manchester Metropolis, who’ve been respiration down their necks for a lot of the marketing campaign.
Arteta was Pep Guardiola’s assistant earlier than he joined the Gunners, and he acknowledges the debt he owes his countryman, whereas stressing he can’t be anticipated to ship equivalent outcomes.
“He was my idol,” he added. “He was the one to attempt to emulate. When you have got an individual that’s so decided, so clear, so targeted and has such sturdy beliefs, you simply die for him.
“That’s the key of it. It’s nice to get some issues from different managers and even to repeat, however you can’t copy and paste. It doesn’t work, sadly.”
