LONDON • Lose their game in hand today and Arsenal’s already slim hopes of qualifying for the top four for the first time in five seasons may well be snuffed out.
In just over two weeks, the Gunners’ once promising campaign has hit the skids, suffering three English Premier League defeats on the spin to hand Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United the advantage in the fight to claim a Champions League berth.
While Arsenal are on 54 points – the same as the Red Devils – and are three behind Spurs with both clubs having played a game more, they have a much harder run-in and recent form does not inspire any confidence there will be a turnaround.
Today’s game at third-placed Chelsea kicks off a testing schedule that will see Mikel Arteta’s men host United, travel to West Ham United – another side who have an outside chance of the top four – and visit Spurs in the north London Derby next month.
At his pre-match press conference yesterday, the Spaniard admitted confidence in the dressing room was low, saying: “Very difficult because at this club it’s only about winning and they were three different games, but with the same outcome.
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