Arsenal With High Trusts Can Pursue Liverpool In The Hunt For The Premier League Title

Arsenal are increasingly eager to pursue Liverpool in the Premier League title competition (Instagram/@arsenal).

JAKARTA - Arsenal are still six behind leaders of the Premier League, Liverpool, in the 2024/2025 Premier League standings.

However, a landslide 5-1 victory over Manchester City on Sunday, February 2, 2025, made the Gunners confident they could compete with the Reds in the race for the league title.

Declan Rice became one of the important players in the victory over The Citizens through the contribution of two assists.

Arsenal did not want to give up in the fight to become a league champion even though Liverpool had not seen any signs of slipping and had one more game.

"Liverpool is still quite far ahead, especially with games that haven't been played yet. With their win yesterday, you know that Arsenal have to win."

"What's even more disappointing is a game like Aston Villa, when we were 2-0 up and missing points. In fact, we could have been closer to Liverpool."

"However, we will be there and we will continue to fight. We do need the help of others, but we know what the goal is, namely chasing Liverpool and winning the Premier League."

"We have to stay positive and I'm sure we'll be fine," Rice told Sky Sports.

Arsenal have only lost slightly in the last two seasons as Manchester City detained Mikel Arteta's squad to extend their title winning streak to four in a row.

On Sunday, goals from Martin Odegaard, Thomas Partey, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Kai Havertz, and Ethan Nwaneri effectively eliminated Manchester City from title competition.

"It was an incredible day for us, especially with our obligation to win the game. I am very happy with the way we do it."

"Overall, we scored some beautiful goals, and the team showed a high level of competition," said Arteta.

Arteta further praised Lewis-Skelly's teenager, whose impressive performance was closed with his first goal for Arsenal.

"You need a great individual appearance to beat (Manchester City). Myles is of course one of them, the maturity he shows and his competitiveness."

"He played with that personality. He scored a beautiful goal. He has pushed us since he was with us."

"We love his character and personality. He has so much courage," said Arteta.