Mikel Arteta has urged Arsenal to seize their chance against Burnley on Monday Night Football and move a step closer to “finalising the business” of winning major silverware.A win over the relegated Clarets at the Emirates Stadium would put Arsenal five points clear at the top of the Premier League, meaning they would be champions if Manchester City then failed to beat Bournemouth, live on Sky Sports on Tuesday.
The Gunners are aiming to end a 22-year wait for Premier League glory following three consecutive second-placed finishes and Arteta says they are driven on by the pain of those near-misses.
“When you see the trajectory and what we’ve built in the last few years, and especially in the last four years in terms of consistency, the amount of points and wins, we should have a few big trophies already,” the Arsenal manager told Sky Sports.”That only happens in this league, but that drives you to be even better. So, we still have to make that step of finalising the business and that’s the opportunity we have in the next three days.”
Arteta added that it has been a collective effort, following his appointment in 2019, to get Arsenal to this point.
“There are so many people obviously that contribute daily to create and to build what in our eyes was the best path and the best way to do it,” he said.
“And then you have to earn it day by day, adapt to the circumstances, mould it, change it, and when the ownership shows the ambition that they have, when our supporters show the ambition that they have, when the team, the players, all the staff show the ambition that they have, at the end it will come.
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“A lot of things have to be aligned because the level is extraordinary here in the Premier League, but we are closer now.”The Arsenal boss, who goes into Monday’s game needing to find a solution at right-back after Ben White joined Jurrien Timber on the sidelines due to injury, uses the words “resilience, ambition and adaptability” to sum up his side’s campaign so far.
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