Arsenal won't give up on Premier League title, says Arsene Wenger
Sunday 3 April 2016 08:56, UK
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says his side will not give up on the Premier League title after closing the gap on leaders Leicester to eight points.
Alexis Sanchez and Alex Iwobi assisted each other for first-half goals to set Arsenal on their way to a victory against Watford that cemented third place on Saturday.
Hector Bellerin and Theo Walcott grabbed the other goals in a 4-0 romp at the Emirates to enable the Gunners to maintain the pressure on the Foxes, who host Southampton on Sunday.
Victory also helped the Gunners close to within four points of north London rivals Spurs, who dropped points in a 1-1 draw at Liverpool in the Saturday Night Football.
Wenger, whose side have seven games remaining, said: "We want to focus on the way we play and keep the quality very high. Then we'll see where we are. We will fight until the end to have a chance.
"The only way we can achieve that is by playing games with our team quality. That is based on our movement, on our technical ability to play at the highest level and at the highest pace.
"Let's focus on the next game. We know what is needed and what is needed is to keep the quality very high. Next week we go to West Ham. It's always a difficult place to go, so let's prepare for that."
Arsenal avenged last month's FA Cup defeat by Watford and it followed an impressive performance at Everton before the international break.
But the Frenchman believes the nature of fighting on three fronts can take its toll on any side after questions were raised about the inconsistency of his team, but insists they're now making the most of their chances in front of goal.
"The title is never there for the taking. You have to work for it," he said.
"Everybody works for it and you have to respect the teams who have more points than you, and who have not played in as many competitions.
"We played Watford in the FA Cup then went to Barcelona on Wednesday and then to Everton on Saturday. It's not the same [for Leicester].
"People on the outside think it's easy, but you have to earn your points, work well in every game and recently we haven't made the most of the chances we've created. We paid for that."
