Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger still hopeful of winning the Barclays Premier League title
Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, has insisted that the Gunners can still win the Barclays Premier League, despite losing two points in a dramatic 1-1 draw against Liverpool at Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
Wenger did admit that the title race is out of Arsenal hands but insisted that the hope to win the title is still alive.
Wenger told reporters, “We will have to give everything until the last game of the season. I don't know if it's our year or not. We have been badly done in our last three home games. It's a period when we have not had the biggest luck, that's for sure”.
“We have to win the next game now. The hope is always there but to keep the hope alive we have to win our games. We are on a 15-game unbeaten run but recently have not taken enough points”, added Arsenal manager.
Arsenal, who are unbeaten since late November when Manchester United got all three points against the Gunners at Old Trafford, are currently placed second in the Barclays Premier League and are aiming to win their first title since 2003-04 season.
The Gunners hosted Liverpool with a hope to get all three points in order to cut down the gap with the League leaders, Manchester United.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 started the match strongly and enjoyed most of the possession in the first half.
However, Arsene Wenger’s men failed to penetrate against the resolute http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 defence and could not find the breakthrough in the normal time.
However, in the injury time, Cesc Fabregas once again rose for the occasion and earned Arsenal a very late penalty after he was brought down by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jay-Spearing-c18106 inside the 18-yard box.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robin-van-Persie-c31380 stepped up to take the penalty and the Dutch striker superbly placed the ball inside the net.
It looked almost certain that Arsenal would get all three points but within few minutes, lack of concentration on part of the Gunners’ defence, gave Liverpool a late penalty as well and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dirk-Kuyt-c11348 scored from the spot kick to dent Arsenal’s title hopes.
Arsenal are now six points adrift of League leaders, Manchester United, and now they would have to win against their local rivals, Tottenham Hotspur, at White Hart Lane to keep their slim hopes of winning the title alive.
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