Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has insisted that his side have a mathematical chance of winning the English Premier League at the end of the season.
The Gunners missed the chance to close the lead to league leaders Liverpool on Saturday, as they were beaten 1-0 at home by West Ham United.
The Reds victory over champions Manchester City on Sunday increased their lead to eleven points, reducing the chances of opponents catching up to them.
While speaking ahead of Wednesday’s crucial fixture against third-placed Nottingham Forest, Arteta believes his side can still end up as champions when the season ends.
“Over my dead body. If not I will go home. Mathematically it is possible. You are there, you have to play every game, suddenly three days ago we could close a gap and you are like ‘you are one-and-a-half games away.’ It doesn’t matter, we have to continue to go”, he said.
Arsenal are short of attacking options, with injuries to key players while they failed to make a notable signing in the January transfer window, leading to questions being asked about their title credentials.
“The difficulty is higher than three days about but if you are going to win the Premier League you have to do something special. If you are going to win the Premier League with the circumstances we have you will probably have to do something that nobody else has done in the history of the Premier League”, Arteta continued.
“The reality is there are so many games to play that you have to get back to it. We have the levels and consistency and hunger to go again and that’s what we’ll do on Wednesday.”
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