
Wenger - "Man Utd Look Untouchable"
Arsene Wenger has finally admitted Arsenal are not in the title race anymore.
This season has been a relatively poor one for Arsenal and they are not only 12 points behind leaders Manchester United but 5 points below 4th placed Chelsea which makes even the Champions League qualification difficult for them But Wenger may be giving up on title hopes, which was quite obvious, he is confident Arsenal can secure the final Champions League berth. Arsenal are on a 12 match unbeaten run which gives Wenger all the hope that if they keep on performing consistently they should finish 4th at least:
“We’re very consistent and on a very strong run. We missed scoring the goals that we’re capable of recently, but are very consistent and promised ourselves that we’ll give everything until the end of the season.”
The Frenchman also conceded Manchester United are too good at the moment and look ‘untouchable’. Like most people out there Wenger also feels it will be United who will end up Premier League Champions:
“Manchester United look untouchable because they’re 12 points ahead and have a game tomorrow against Fulham they’ll certainly win. Their results are very consistent. They win 1-0 and you think during the game that they may drop a point or maybe more, but they always manage to find somewhere the resources to win the game.
“If they win their game in hand they’re 15 points in front, which means they need to lose five games. Say they lose one against us, then they still need to lose another four games. They haven’t lost four games all season yet, but we’ll try. I believe our basic target is to get into the Champions League.”
It may seem nearly impossible for Man Utd not to finish at the top, especially as all the matches against the other members of the big 4 for them are at Old Trafford. But for Arsenal to clinch the fourth place, there are a lot of things in their favour. They are on quite a decent run, their next 7 fixtures are against smaller teams whereas the next 7 fixtures of Aston Villa include Chelsea, Liverpool and Man Utd. So that can help Arsenal to leapfrog Villa. On the other hand Chelsea are going through a bad form and just have a new manager who will hopefully take time to settle in so combine a good form of Arsenal with a bad form of Chelsea and you might get Arsenal overtaking Chelsea! With Dudu back and straight away looking better than he was before getting injured, Fabregas back at the end of this month and probably Walcott back at the same time. Arshavin to make his debut soon so things are looking great for Arsenal at the moment and along with a Champions League place, I am getting hopeful they have quite a chance of winning the FA Cup.
5 comments
Comments feed for this article
February 18, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Anto
if we get in the champions league, and Try our hardest to win(which i think we can once rosicky, arshavin, dudu, fabregas etc come back fit and ready for next season) It is a greater accomplishment than winning barclays cause Champions is with Europes top Teams loL!
February 18, 2009 at 10:48 AM
Zain Shahid
but wenger will have quite a selection dilemma with a fully fit midfield! fabregas, walcott, arshavin, rosicky, nasri, denilson, diaby, song. Two central midfielders and two wingers from them! Quite a tough choice to make
February 18, 2009 at 11:29 AM
soccerfanbse.com
I believe we can find something this season in fact I have this silly feeling that we may cause a big stir to the title race if we can win against all of the top 4 teams and if Liverpool beat United and Villa is able to get a point from them coupled with the fact that we may also beat ( Yes I am crazy) at their own stadium.
Please I don’t see why they can’t lose points against smaller teams if we did. I rather have Westbrom come from the bottom to win the league than to see United win it and I still believe we still have a chance to win even though very remote chance.
I see us finishing 2nd or 3rd even if we don’t win as Chelsea have already shot themselves on the foot and Villa is not going to win against Everton talkless of beating United, Liverpool and Chelsea.
http://soccerfanbase.com
February 18, 2009 at 12:04 PM
SHIR-UGANNER
I think our manager is somehow not in his moods,how can you say dat MAN-U will lift both trophies coz of there gud form todate?The man is 2 points ahead of liverpool with a game in hand which cud make it 5 points ahead or not.The season is almost about to end with 39 points remaining for the rest of the trophless clubs.this is a mere truth to say dat we’re still in a troph fighting battle coz our guys are back on track and with determination.Am still insisting dat we shall win a trophy this season and finish amoung the BIG 4. Always Watch this space.
January 19, 2011 at 7:23 AM
LauriSnuct
Black dating man more white why woman. Dating grimsley. Andy roddick dating.
Dating dilley. знакомства для секса в атырау. Dating hobgood.
Adult adult dating free online personals search service. Beautiful single russian women. Dating gotebo.