{"id":61084,"date":"2023-04-25T16:36:56","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T16:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/mikel-arteta-says-game-will-not-decide\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T16:36:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T16:36:56","slug":"mikel-arteta-says-game-will-not-decide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/25\/mikel-arteta-says-game-will-not-decide\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikel Arteta says game will not decide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/129491925_gettyimages-1247188346-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"Manchester City beat Arsenal 3-1 in the Premier League at Emirates Stadium in February\" title=\"Manchester City beat Arsenal 3-1 in the Premier League at Emirates Stadium in February\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manchester City beat Arsenal 3-1 in the Premier League at Emirates Stadium in February<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says their top-of-the-table game against Manchester City will not decide the Premier League title.<\/p>\n<p>League leaders Arsenal are five points above Pep Guardiola\u2019s side before Wednesday\u2019s match at Etihad Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>However, City have two games in hand on the Gunners who have drawn three league matches in succession.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew we had to go to Etihad, it will be difficult, but will it decide the season? No,\u201d Arteta said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe belief is there, I look at how the players reacted after Southampton, they defend each other in every moment. We really want it and we are again going to show it tomorrow night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it has to be perfect because that is what is demanded at this time in the season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal, who last won the Premier League in 2004, drew 3-3 against bottom-placed Southampton on Friday, after squandering two-goal leads against both West Ham and Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we win tomorrow we have not won the league. It will shift probably the percentage, but five games in this league is very tricky still,\u201d Arteta said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew from the beginning City and Liverpool were the teams to beat, what they have done for the last six to seven years they deserve credit. We wanted to close the gap, now we are toe to toe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arteta said midfielder Granit Xhaka, who missed the Southampton game with illness, is a doubt for the City fixture, while centre-back William Saliba has shown \u201cno real improvement\u201d in his recovery from the injury he sustained in the Europa League penalty shootout defeat to Sporting Lisbon in March.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"vJolXLqVqb8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Premtobre Sports - Premtobre Kasee on Adom TV (25-04-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vJolXLqVqb8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City beat Arsenal 3-1 in the Premier League at Emirates Stadium in February Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says their top-of-the-table game against Manchester City will not decide the Premier League title. League leaders Arsenal are five points above Pep Guardiola\u2019s side before Wednesday\u2019s match at Etihad Stadium. 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