ARSENAL captain Martin Odegaard has told his team-mates to dream about winning the title — but warned they cannot afford to take their eye off the ball against Bournemouth tomorrow.
The Gunners are top of the Premier League and one pointa head of second-placed Manchester City, who have a game in hand.
Arsenal have just three matches to go, starting at home against Bournemouth tomorrow, and Odegaard says the squad are focused on themselves and not what City can do as they bid to end the club’s 20-year wait to win the title.
Bournemouth are 10th in the table but, since claiming their first league win of the season in October, only the current top four have earned more points than them.
“I think you can dream, of course you can do that and I think you should,” said Odegaard. “We all do that, we’ve had that dream all season and that’s fine.
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