Mikel Arteta said that he had talked to Arsene Wenger about how to win the Premier League title and that Wenger had the plan ready on his “hard drive.”
Top of the table Tomorrow, Arsenal plays Tottenham in a north London derby. They want to win the league title for the first time since 2004, when they were called “Invincibles.”
After 22 years as manager of Arsenal, Wenger won the league three times during his time there. On Thursday, 20 years ago, their last defeat came at Spurs’ old home field, White Hart Lane.
And Arteta hasn’t taken any risks since Manchester City beat them last season.
Arsenal is one point ahead of Man City, but City has a game in hand.
He said, “I’ve talked to Wenger a few times.” A lot of talk was made about how they won and the later rounds.
“When I was a player, he talked about that.” It’s always on the hard drive.
“At this point in the season, it’s all about winning the game,” he said. If you look at how they won the titles, you can see that there are different ways to do it.
“And how they won some games by very, very small amounts.” That was something he always talked about: the fine lines and who would step up to make it happen….
Spurs, on the other hand, have not played a single game in two weeks, while Arsenal has played four times.
Arsenal lost two games during that time, to Bayern Munich and Aston Villa. They also won two games.
But Arteta sees it as a good thing.
He said, “I love that we played four times and had some great times during a very busy week.”
“We had some really good results in the last two, which made everyone more confident and believe in themselves.” Things are going well for us.
“We’ll be totally ready.” We’ve also had some time to rest and get ready for the game against Chelsea. The team will definitely be ready to go again on Sunday.