Arsenal has just overcome another hurdle on the journey to conquer the Premier League title after 22 years of waiting. They won very hard against Newcastle with a minimum score at home, a true physical torture. It is understandable why Mikel Arteta celebrated so emotionally after The Gunners won all 3 points, because he understands how big it means.
The match last Saturday with Newcastle was divided into two extremes with Arsenal. Kai Havertz and Eberechi Eze together created the only goal of the match. They are considered very important factors in the remaining journey of the season but both left the field due to injury. The optimistic atmosphere at the Emirates immediately vanished after this duo left the field and it is not yet known how serious the situation is.
If Havertz and Eze are still intact, plus the return of Odegaard and Saka, Arsenal can confidently recreate the form they had at the beginning and mid-season. One of the reasons Arsenal is declining in this final stage is that Arteta does not have enough choices, so he cannot implement the rotation habit.
From the beginning of the season until now in the Premier League, after 34 matches, the Spanish coach has fielded 21 different attacking quartets. When he no longer maintains the force, Arteta only needs a stable quartet to play the final stage. Those 4 stars should have been Havertz, Eze, Saka and Odegaard, but at this time they have lost 2 people. Not long after Havertz and Eze left the field, "Gunners" fans saw the trio Noni Madueke - Viktor Gyokeres - Gabriel Martinelli again. These are 3 stars of the team but they have never formed a trio as expected in attack.
In the final minutes when Bukayo Saka entered the field, a slight improvement came. It was also enough for Arteta to hope that the English striker would create a breakthrough in this final stage. Remember, Arsenal still has 2 Champions League semi-final matches with Atletico Madrid, which will definitely worn down the players' fitness and spirit a lot. After the first leg away from home, Arsenal will return to the Premier League to welcome Fulham on the weekend. This is truly a journey of physical and mental torture, but to achieve the goal, The Gunners must accept it.
The race between Arsenal and Man City is no different from a 900-minute penalty shootout. Each team has 5 more matches and Arsenal has taken a 1-0 lead after a victory over Newcastle. Now it's Man City's turn to overcome Everton's hurdles away from home after they narrowly beat Southampton in the FA Cup semi-finals.
It's hard to win in the Premier League, we all understand that. That's why the points the leading teams have are very different from previous seasons (less). The competition is extremely fierce and Arsenal is ready" - Mikel Arteta shared.
