http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429’s nineteen year old defender, Ignasi Miquel has urged the team to focus and avoid defensive slip-ups in their upcoming games.
The Gunners are currently running low on defenders, following injuries to all four of their full backs. As a result, the team has opted to use their centre backs on the flanks and Miquel is one of the players, who has been making a regular appearance as
a left back, despite being a central defender.
However, the defender feels that despite these issues and setbacks, the Gunners can’t afford to lose focus in their upcoming games and need to maintain their defensive coordination.
The North London club is set to take on Aston Villa in the FA Cup this weekend and Miquel is more than likely to start for the team.
When talking about the upcoming game and talking about just how the team needs to focus, the Spaniard is quoted to have said: “We know that with the FA Cup it is only one game, so you can't make any mistakes.”
“You have to make sure you are ready for anything that happens, but still go out there and try to win the game.
“We played them a month ago [in the league] and only scored the winner in the 87th minute, so it will be tough. We are at home, we have our supporters there but we know we will have to work for victory.”
Miquel strongly believes that if Arsenal can maintain their focus and avoid collapses at the back and in the middle of the pitch, they could easily go on and win their upcoming game.
He then ended by adding: “We need to stay focused and make sure we don't make any mistakes at the back. If we do that then we have a big chance to win.”
Arsenal have suffered a series of poor results in recent weeks and are now looking to redeem themselves in their upcoming game.
With all the pressure on the team’s shoulders and with Arsene Wenger looking to prove a point, it is going to be interesting to see just how Arsenal approach the game.
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