ARTETA: Arsenal Need Strong Mentality To Win The Premier League

JAKARTA - Arsenal will face defending champions Manchester City in the Premier League match at the Etihad stadium, Wednesday, April 26 local time or Thursday morning WIB.

Ahead of the match, Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta revealed that mentality was a big role for his team to win the Premier League.

'Mertality plays a big role. Obviously, trust exists. When I saw how the team trained, how they reacted to turning things around against Southampton, the atmosphere in the dressing room, the way they take care of each other at every moment," Mikel Arteta said on the club's official website on Tuesday.

The Gunners must win at the Etihad to distance themselves from Manchester City's pursuit in the title race this season. Arteta's side are five points ahead of Manchester City at the top of the table, but The Citizens have two games less than Arsenal.

"We will show that mentality again tomorrow, but we will give it at the right moment, a good performance and it will be so perfect because it is a level demand," Arteta said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, April 25.

During his face against Pep Guardiola as a coach at Manchester City, Arteta last won, 2-0 in the FA Cup in the 2019/2020 season.

Arteta, who used to be Pep Guardiola's assistant coach at Manchester City, has not outperformed Guardiola in the last five games. Arsenal have always lost in the last five meetings against Manchester City.