ARSENAL MANAGER ARSENE Wenger has insisted that, unlike Tottenham Hotspur counterpart Mauricio Pochettino, he is refusing to give up on his side’s Premier League title chances just yet.
The Gunners suffered a 3-1 defeat to Manchester United at the Emirates on Saturday thanks to a superb performance from goalkeeper David de Gea.
The result leaves Arsenal fifth in the table, 15 points behind runaway league leaders Manchester City.
And while Tottenham manager Pochettino accepted recently that his side have little chance of lifting the crown , Wenger was unwilling to do likewise.
“I am not Pochettino, I am Arsene Wenger,” the Frenchman told reporters.
“I am here to fight as long as I can, as long as mathematically it’s possible you have to fight, you cannot give any other message out.”
Arsenal had 33 shots against United, but De Gea made an incredible 14 saves to deny Wenger’s team.
He admitted it was difficult to accept the result but believes it should make his players even hungrier.
“I believe the game, it has to make us angry and even more determined,” he said.
“If I am a player, and I think with what we produced, we have a huge potential, and we lose the game, we cannot accept that.
“That’s what you want, the players have produced a quality performance.”
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#delusional
@Let free speech live: stranger things have happened
@.: there is 4 teams above them in the league and 2 of them by more than 7 points. If they were just chasing City you could say fair point but they are 5th, behind Liverpool who can’t defend, Chelsea who are quietly getting better and utd and City who are in a 2 horse race. The only one of those teams Arsenal have a chance of finishing above is Liverpool imo and that will be a close fight for 4th with spurs as well.
@Let free speech live: Not saying it’s likely that they will win the tittle but I wouldn’t be surprised if they finished even as high as second. Obviously pointless saying anything now before the transfer window
@.: You keep believing while everyone else keeps laughing. And to think an Arsenal fan tried his best to convince us all ye are not the most deluded fans in the league
@Let free speech live: I’m not an aresnal fan at all!
I gave up on Arsenal’s title chances as soon as he signed the 2 year extension. He’ll never win another premier league.
#WengerOut
@Whatshisname:
#WengerIn
@Gavin Mitchell
Most definitely
#Wengerin
@Gavin Mitchell:
Wengerin’ : Verb. To consistently achieve mediocrity and be allowed to continue simply because there are no viable alternatives.
Example: Fine Gael have been wengerin’ in the Irish political system for some time now.
See Also: Liverpoolin’
@Eoin Finnega: very good Eoin.
Haha! Liverpoolin’