“I think we can win the Premier League with the players we have”.
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However, City have a game in hand on the Foxes, while fellow contenders Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal also lost in midweek.
With 10 games left to play, Arsenal is six points behind Leicester, who lead the Premier League standings entering the weekend.
Leicester City remain top of the English Premier League after their closest rivals Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester City lost on the same night.
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Coupled with disappointing seasons so far for Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City – each who usually challenge for first place – Arsenal’s pursuit of success has been strengthened by the presence of goalkeeper Petr Cech, a summer signing. We want to get a result.
“We deserved more but when you don’t score it is hard to take positive things”.
“You’re never completely flawless before a game in March”.
However, despite Arsenal’s torrid run of 3 consecutive defeats, Tottenham’s Pochettino was quick to heap praise on the Frenchman in the pre-match press conference.
He said: “We have a lot of games ahead, but Saturday is a very important game to keep our position in the table”. But even after Wednesday’s loss to West Ham, Spurs just have a sense of momentum and grit which Arsenal lack.
With Spurs enjoying an impressive campaign, their boss Mauricio Pochettino has had plenty of admirers and there have been reports suggesting major sides could look to lure the Argentinian away. “Now we need to be focused on the present”. I think that we fight and sometimes this happens in football.
After the joy of winning the League Cup on Sunday, Manchester City were slammed back down to earth by the very team they defeated at Wembley. “We are showing passion”, United midfielder Ander Herrera said.
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Kolarov added: “United are now on the same points as us so we have to be careful about what is coming up on our backs as well”.
