Nine-Point EPL Lead Means Nothing In February – Arteta

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has said that the club’s current nine-point lead at the top of the EPL table means nothing. The North London club recently beat Sunderland 3-0 at the Emirates to extend their lead over second-placed Manchester City.

According to him, the lead still doesn’t have any bearing on what is likely to happen come May, so his players must focus on the tough matches ahead.

Arteta added that he loves Gyökeres‘ character and how he genuinely wants to help the team.

His words, “Nothing. We still have to win so many games to achieve what we want, so let’s not focus on that, that’s something else, we’ve done our job now, we’ve had what we have to do, assess that, try to improve it and get ready for Brentford [on Thursday].

Gyökeres the type of character that we expected. And obviously, when you put that shirt on, it comes with a lot of responsibility and huge expectations. And you need to live with that.

In your journey here, you’re going to have moments where it goes really well and others where it’s going to be tough.

But I love his character, the way he approaches every single day and the fact that he’s so focused on the present, what he has to do and he has a genuine will to help the team in whatever role he has.

For me, what really makes a difference is the consistency that he shows every single day, to practice, to train, to understand better his teammates, his relationships, to speak up and demand the kind of movement, the kind of balls and deliveries that he wants as well.”

WOW.

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.