Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer has thrown his weight behind Arsenal’s title charge. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, he still believes Mikel Arteta‘s side has what it takes to fend off Manchester City and claim the Premier League crown because mental toughness is now more important than performances in the EPL.
Shearer, however, acknowledged that Arsenal players are now feeling the strain of a relentless title race.
His words, “Yeah, I would perhaps go along with that [the suggestion Arsenal need to be better from an attacking perspective]. But I’d much prefer, obviously, to still be in their position. If they win every game then they win it. As do City, I guess, but I’m not too concerned with that. I just think the bigger picture is that they find a way. They found a way against Chelsea, they weren’t brilliant, but their set-pieces have done it for them again and there’s nothing wrong with that.
They’re going to be nervy, they’re going to be edgy because of the pressure that they’re under. They’re human, I’ve been there myself, and it’s a huge ask, it is tough mentally and physically. It drains you.
I don’t care who or what you are, and it’s worse now than it was in the 1990s when we won it for the first time at Blackburn, because of the noise around social media and what have you. We didn’t really have that and it was still very tough then. I get that they’re not going to be perfect but they’re in a really strong position and I still think that they will go ahead and do it.”
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Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. Arsenal compete in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.
The club has won 13 league titles (including one unbeaten title), a record 14 FA Cups, two League Cups, 17 FA Community Shields, the Football League Centenary Trophy, one European Cup Winners’ Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football.
After conducting an overhaul in the club’s operating model to coincide with Wenger’s departure, Spaniard Unai Emery was named as the club’s new head coach on 23 May 2018. He became the club’s first ever ‘head coach’ and second manager from outside the United Kingdom.
In Emery’s first season, Arsenal finished fifth in the Premier League and as runner-up in the Europa League. On 29 November 2019, Emery was dismissed as manager and former player and assistant first team coach Freddie Ljungberg was appointed as interim head coach. On 20 December 2019, Arsenal appointed former club captain Mikel Arteta as the new head coach. Arsenal finished the league season in eighth, their lowest finish since 1994–95, but beat Chelsea 2–1 to earn a record-extending 14th FA Cup win. After the season. Arteta’s title was changed from head coach to manager.
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