Luiz Felipe Scolari is refusing to rule Arsenal out of the title race, even if Chelsea beat The Gunners.
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Luiz Felipe Scolari is refusing to rule Arsenal out of the title race, even if Chelsea beat The Gunners on Sunday.
The two meet in the
SuperSunday clash with Chelsea looking to stretch their lead over Arsenal to 13 points.
But even if Chelsea manage to win the London derby, Scolari does not see why Arsenal would still not be in the title race.
"Last season Chelsea were nine points behind United at the halfway point and even if you're 15 points clear with five games to go, you're not champions," said Scolari.
"You're only champions at the end of the last game. This is the first time I'll have played against Wenger - he's been my friend for 10 or 12 years now.
"I met him for the first time in Japan and we are big friends. I like him as a coach. If I chose five coaches in the world as the best, he'd be one of the five.
"His team plays football, so it's difficult to win. They play beautiful football.
"I watched their game against Manchester United and it was one of the best games in the Premier League. This game against Chelsea will be like that as well.
"This is one of the big games but we are not motivated just for a game against Arsenal or Tottenham.
"We need to play every game with the same motivation. We need to try to win."
