April 28, 2023, 1:11 PM
April 28, 2023, 1:11 PM
The 4-1 loss on Wednesday in the field of Manchester City has triggered the alarms: the leader Arsenal has barely two points ahead about the ‘Citizens’, who also have two games played less, so winning on the 34th day seems an obligation.
Arsenal will receive the Tuesday to Chelsea, a team lost in the middle zone of the table and that chains defeat after defeat. It will be a derby full of urgencys and with two teams that do not cross, not at all, his best moment.
The ‘Gunners’ carry four days without winning (three draws, one loss) and their wide advantage has been reduced to the point that no longer depends on himself to be champion and be able to reconquer a title that cannot be achieved since 2004.
Manchester City could even symbolically leading on Sunday if they beat Fulham (10th), two days before the London derby between Arsenal and Chelsea.
“We have two games pending, but the reality today is that we are two points behind Arsenal.so we will go game by game”, Guardiola declared on Wednesday, after the defeat of the leader.
At the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal will be in any case favorites on Tuesday against a Chelsea that is barely eleventh in the standings and who has five straight losses, between the Premier League and the Champions League, where he was knocked out in the quarterfinals by the Real Madrid.
“We are never going to give up. We have five games left and anything can happen. We have to keep trusting even though today has been tough,” Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta admitted on Wednesday after being slapped at the Etihad Stadium.
