Mikel Arteta’s Gameplan For Leicester City

Arsenal fans had given up on European football after crushing defeats to Manchester City and Brighton since the restart.

But after four wins on the trot, their is a glimmer of hope once again as the team looks more settled under the head coach.

The Gunners are still eight points behind fourth-placed Chelsea but just three behind Wolves after beating them 2-0 on Saturday. The fight is very much on with three tough fixtures against Leicester, Tottenham and Liverpool coming up next.

Arteta has stressed the importance of teamwork and struggling together as a whole unit. Ahead of the Leicester tie, he said, “I think we have to win every game and then wait and pray. It’s not about winning one game. I think we need to go game-by-game. A few weeks ago, we were really far from even thinking about Europe and now we are a little bit closer at the moment. So let’s go game-by-game and see where it takes us.”

“Every game you have no margin for error, we know that we try to win every game,” said Arteta. “Let’s enjoy it a little bit before we start thinking about Leicester and try to go again. The race is try to win against Leicester and let’s see what happens. We try to improve as a team. It’s probably one of the best wins because of the difficult schedule we’ve had and how well they have been doing all season.

“Winning is not an easy thing to do and it’s another step forward in our process and I’m really happy. I said after Brighton (a 2-1 defeat) I was very happy with the effort, I never denied the effort and the intention they were putting in. We cannot give anything to the opponent, it’s about competing for 100 minutes. Hopefully, we are doing much better and that’ll give us a better chance to win more games.”

Perhaps that is the approach Arsenal fans should also consider taking. Celebrate the wins and assess the loses because nothing is for certain right now. One more slip up and their European hopes could end for the season.