Arsenal midfielder Martin Odegaard admitted there may be ‘no hope’ for the Gunners of their quest to win the Premier League title after Sunday’s shock 3-0 defeat to Brighton.
Objectives from Julio Enciso, Deniz Undav and Pervis Estupinan handed Arsenal a crushing defeat which leaves them 4 factors behind leaders Manchester Metropolis, who nonetheless have one sport in hand – coincidentally in opposition to Brighton on Could 24.
Metropolis can safe the title earlier than then, nevertheless, with three factors at residence in opposition to Chelsea on Sunday sufficient to get the job performed.
“Yeah, it appears like [the title chase is over],” a dejected Odegaard instructed Sky Sports activities. “It’s going to be very troublesome now we now have to be trustworthy. It’s robust to take.
“It’s not a superb feeling in the mean time. The way in which we performed, notably within the second half, I don’t know what occurred to be trustworthy. It appears like there isn’t a hope now.
“Within the first half we did quite a lot of good issues and had moments to create large possibilities however we gave them increasingly momentum within the second half. We needed to come back right here and proceed like we now have within the final two video games, get a superb end result and maintain pushing. It’s a large disappointment.
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“I don’t assume mentality was a difficulty. We had been good going into the sport however within the sport was a unique story and we now have to just accept it and study from it.”
Earlier than the sport, goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale confessed that he had been stunned by the strain Arsenal discovered themselves beneath courtesy of Metropolis.
“I assumed it could’ve been extra plain crusing, if I’m trustworthy,” Ramsdale mirrored on the title race. “I assumed after so many wins all through the season, you may most likely loosen up. It’s been gratifying, however I assumed it could be simpler on day after day, however the strain has been fairly excessive.”
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On this version of The Chronicles of a Gooner, a part of the 90min podcast community, Harry Symeou displays on Arsenal’s 3-0 defeat to Brighton & what it means for the Premier League title race.
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