ARSENAL WILL “KEEP KNOCKING” UNTIL THEY TAKE HOME THE PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE.

Wanjala Derrick

The manager of Arsenal, Mikel Arteta, declared that his team would not settle for second place in the Premier League and promised to keep fighting until they were victorious.

After a 2-1 victory over Everton at home on Sunday, Arsenal had to settle for second place for the second consecutive season after pushing Manchester City all the way to the finish line.
Though Arteta was proud of his players for running City so close, he stated the club should not be satisfied. They would have had to become the first side in the Premier League era to win the title on the last day after not starting it as leaders.

“They (Arsenal’s players) have done an incredible job and they have pushed every limit, every margin that we could find to try to win this Premier League,” the Spaniard stated to reporters.
“Unfortunately it was a bit short and we could not deliver the big prize that we wanted because you can feel it that they are desperate for it.”
After the Everton match at The Emirates, Arteta, who took over as manager of his former club Arsenal after serving as Pep Guardiola’s deputy for four years, addressed the audience and promised that they would not give up and win the championship.

He went on to tell reporters that there was a strong desire but that he could not predict when it may occur.
“We are on the right trajectory now so we need really to put the teeth and bite into it because we really want more.”
Because they were playing City, whom he referred to as “the best team in the history of the Premier League by far,” Arteta claimed his players should also feel proud.
Sunday’s 3-1 victory over visiting West Ham United gave City a record-tying fourth Premier League title in a row.

Arteta stated that even higher performance levels would be required if he wanted to win the championship the following season and that his main players would need to be available at all the critical times.
The surge of this year had also been made on incredibly thin margins.
He cited Arsenal’s dominance in the first half of their match against Aston Villa last month as well as Tottenham Hotspur’s missed opportunity to tie the score late in Tuesday’s match against City, where they were behind 1-0.

But Arsenal would need to ensure that they are independent of others if they were to win the title.
“If we do what we have to do we are going to be closer and at the end we will win it,” Arteta stated.
“When I don’t know, but if we keep knocking and come that close, in the end it will happen.”
In order to win their first league title in 20 years, which always seemed impossible, Arteta’s team needed to defeat West Ham at the start of the game.

The captain of Arsenal, Martin Odegaard, expressed the team’s disappointment at not winning the title this year and emphasized their intention to make reparations the following one.
“I believe that we’re all a little let down… We’ve been battling for the grand dream for so long,” he said.
“However, I am also incredibly proud. We’re doing well; we were closer than we were the year before, but we need to make the most of this break so that we can return even stronger and more determined to succeed.