The manager attempts to ‘climb the highest mountain’ with another increase in points likely needed to win the title
t’s a calculation that Mikel Arteta has clearly been thinking about ever since the final whistle blew on last season’s title race. Having come so close by racking up their second-highest ever points tally in the Premier League of 89, how many will they need this time to stop theon Saturday. “With the level we are competing with and every season is getting harder, we are going to have to improve again.
Arteta had a short break in Mallorca at the start of June before throwing himself back into his attempt to overhaul City. But he insisted there has been plenty of time for reflection about last season, although a question about whether he could ever be fulfilled without winning Arsenal’s first title since the Invincibles in 2004 seemed never to have crossed his mind.
Drilling into his players that the “fine margins” that cost them last season in a midseason blip that resulted in successive defeatshas become a regular soundbite from the Arsenal manager over the past few weeks and months. He is confident that both the positive and negative experiences of the past two seasons can help them get over the line.
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