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He draw<\/strong>against Wolverhampton (2-2) -by first time<\/strong> he leader of the Premier<\/strong> wasted one two goal lead<\/strong> before him colista<\/strong>– has turned on the ‘alarms’ at Arsenal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“It is very difficult to accept<\/strong>. In the second half we did not play as we should and as is required to win a Premier League match. It’s best not to judge him, we’re all too excited. “We have to accept the blow because we deserve it,” <\/strong>he lamented Mikel Arteta <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Guardiola on Arteta: “We are rivals but nothing has changed, I still think the same about him”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arsenal’s slump in results<\/h2>\n
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  • Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool<\/li>\n
  • Nottingham Forest 0-0\u00a0Arsenal<\/li>\n
  • Arsenal 2-3 Manchester United<\/li>\n
  • Leeds 0-4 Arsenal<\/li>\n
  • Arsenal 3-0 Sunderland<\/li>\n
  • Brentford 1-1\u00a0Arsenal<\/li>\n
  • Wolverhampton 2-2 Arsenal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The ‘gunners’, who were ahead of Manchester City<\/strong> in nine points <\/strong>on February 7, they have seen how your income<\/strong> has been drastically reduced<\/strong> after adding only 10 of the last 21 points<\/strong> at stake. They have become, in fact, the leader with fewer points (58) after 27 days<\/strong> since he Leicester (56)<\/strong> will win the Premier<\/strong> in the 2015-16.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Cazorla, on Arteta: “As a player, he saw things that the rest of us didn’t see”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    “We have to be critical of ourselves because it is not enough. In the League, the reality is that we have not been consistent in recent months. We have to stand up<\/strong>. When we have a difficult moment, we have to show how much we want it and how good we are,” insists Arteta, that seeks to put an end to the 22-year league drought, since 2003-04 with ‘Los Invencibles’,<\/strong> that Arsenal accumulates.<\/p>\n

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    At Premier, the reality is that we have not been consistent in recent months. We have to stand up<\/p>\n

    Mikel Arteta<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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    This is the Premier classification.<\/span>MARK<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    The lack of 11 days<\/strong> continue leaders<\/strong> with five points advantage, but There could be only two… if the ‘Pep Team’<\/strong> He wins the match he has pending. In fact, the City<\/strong>like Arsenal, depends on itself again: If he wins his remaining 12 games – the Gunners must visit the Etihad – he will be champion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    “If City win all their games from now on, they will win the League. Yes, it is disappointing<\/strong>. When it was 2-2 there was urgency, everyone was running. You can’t play like that. You cannot play in second gear. Every match is a final until the end. “If they play like they do, slow and lazy, that could backfire.”<\/strong>remarked Paul Merson, formerly of Arsenal, in ‘Sky Sports’.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    If City wins all its games from now on, it will win the League. Yes, it’s disappointing<\/p>\n

    Paul Merson<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    History repeats itself again. He Arsenal<\/strong> you already saw how Manchester City<\/strong> the overcame a disadvantage<\/strong> of six and eight points<\/strong>respectively, in the 2023-24<\/strong> and in the 2022-23<\/strong>. “It is still painful for us. We must use disappointment, anger and all bad feelings in a good way,<\/strong> so that it allows us to come back even stronger,” he acknowledged. Martin Odegaard<\/strong> in 2023. <\/p>\n

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    It’s still painful for us. We must use disappointment, anger and all bad feelings in a good way<\/p>\n

    Martin Odegaard<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    The precedents published by ‘Sky Sports’<\/strong> They do not invite optimism. Based on the points added by Mikel Arteta and Pep Guardiola<\/strong> in the last 12 days of the last four seasons, City would be champions in three of them. Only the data from 2023-24 would be enough for Arsenal to sing the alir\u00f3n.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    City and Arsenal points in the last 12 games since 2021<\/h2>\n
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    • 2021-22 –> Arteta, 18; Guardiola, 30<\/li>\n
    • 2022-23 –> Arteta, 21; Guardiola, 31<\/li>\n
    • 2023-24 –> Arteta, 31; Guardiola, 32<\/li>\n
    • 2024-25 –> Arteta, 21; Guardiola, 27<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Arsenal, to tell the truth, is not the only team that has suffered City’s comebacks. Three of the six Premier<\/strong> that has conquered Guardiola<\/strong> They bear that seal: on the 2018-19<\/strong> He also recovered a 10 point handicap<\/strong> with the Liverpool. At Arsenal he is beginning to see City’s ‘ears’.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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