19 years and counting. The last time Arsenal won the Premier League was in 2003/2004 season, when the famous ‘Invincibles’ took the trophy without a single defeat. And the Gunners have been waiting for another title ever since. And as it looks, this is going to be ‘that’ year. At the beginning of the season, nobody believed it was possible for this young team to claim the title, but Mikel Arteta’s man surprised everybody with excellent displays, which were enough for the current first place. They got ‘help’ from other potential title contenders who are in terrible form (Chelsea, Liverpool), but Manchester City is slowly but surely creeping in. The Citizens used two bad results from the Gunners (1-0 Everton defeat and 1-1 draw with Brentford) to shrink the difference to only three points.Arsène Wenger: “I like what I saw & I like what I felt in the dressing room, I feel the team spirit is great, the humility, the hunger of the young players is absolutely amazing. They are good enough, there’s always a period you’ve not won, like now!” #afc pic.twitter.com/JnRjtEPFmx— afcstuff (@afcstuff) February 13, 2023 But Arsenal still have a game in hand and with tomorrow’s win over Guardiola’s men, they increase the difference to nine points. And they have the support of a man who knows how to win titles – Arsene Wenger. The iconic Arsenal coach urged his former player to show unity and finish the job which they started so good. “You win it when you can win it and you don’t care too much about the rest, you take the title and let the rest talk about it. I agree the conditions next season won’t be as favourable as they are now so let’s not miss this opportunity. Arsenal has 51 points after 21 games, which is remarkable. I feel the usual threats are all out of the race. The only threat is City and even City is now not as dominant as they were last year or two years before, and I feel since the start of the season City was more vulnerable defensively than before” the Frenchman told beIN Sports. Odegaard’s love for Arsenal: ‘I’m living my dream. I’m home. And the best is yet to come’Wenger is closely monitoring his former team in their Premier League quest and returned to the Emirates on Boxing Day to watch Arsenal’s victory over West Ham, for the first time he was sacked in 2018. “I wanted to take my family there and I think it’s the end of the chapter, I was happy to see the players in the dressing room after. It was mixed feelings, I sweat to make this stadium for 10 or 12 years every penny. It was a good feeling to see what it is now with the crowd happy the team is doing well. Part of your life is over forever so a bit mixed feelings. I felt at the start it was good to take a distance and not sit there straight away and be a weight for the guy who is there. Today it’s all different and I thought it was the right moment. The timing was a fraction late but it was good around Christmas as well so it was nice. I like what I saw and I like what I felt in the dressing room. I feel the team spirit is great the humility and hunger of the young players is absolutely amazing. They are humble and hungry” said the Frenchman. ##NAJAVA_MECA_7023743##
