Mikel Arteta has said that Arsenal are ready to push Manchester City to the final day of the season but warned his players not to get carried away by Sunday’s 3-2 win at Tottenham.
Arsenal raced into a 3-0 lead through a Pierre-Emile Højbjerg own goal in addition to strikes from Bukayo Saka and Kai Havertz before Spurs mounted a second-half comeback.
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Cristian Romero took advantage of a mistake from David Raya to score in the 64th-minute before Son Heung-Min‘s 87th-minute penalty threatened parity only for Arsenal to hold on.
Asked before City beat Nottingham Forest later in the day if the victory was evidence his squad is ready to fight until the very end, Arteta, who registered his 100th league win as a manager, said: “Yeah 100%. I’ve seen that the whole season.
“They give me the reason to believe that every single day. We are right on it. The motivation for what is ahead is beautiful. We are all expecting that they’re going to have a real go.”
Arsenal fell away when leading the title race last year at the beginning of April but have now secured three consecutive league wins after exiting the Champions League at the quarterfinal stage to Bayern Munich. They sit one point ahead of City, who have a game in hand.
