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Andrey Arshavin tells his team-mates Arsenal can kiss
goodbye to the title if we lose against Liverpool
By Ashley Gray
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High hopes: Arshavin jumps with Ricardo Carvalho
(left) during the Gunners defeat at Chelsea Photo dailymail.co.uk
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Andrey Arshavin says Arsenal can kiss goodbye to any hope
of winning the title if they slip up against Liverpool on Wednesday night.
The Gunners are nine points off the pace following a 2-0 defeat by leaders
Chelsea at the weekend, which followed a 3-1 loss at home against Manchester
United.
Arshavin believes their race for the Barclays Premier League crown is
not yet dead, but he admits they will be peering over their shoulders
at those chasing their top-four spot if a fifth-straight match goes by
without victory.
'You never surrender,' he said. 'In football, anything can happen. Stumbles,
such as Chelsea losing to Everton, are quite possible. Then there is Chelsea's
match against Manchester United (in April) when at least one rival has
to drop points.
'For us, the main thing is to win our matches. The next one against Liverpool
will be key. If we win, we have the chance to make up ground on the leaders
and think about the title race.
'If, however, we continue our run of failure, we have to think about how
we preserve what we have already got.'
Didier Drogba disproved Arsene Wenger's theory that the Chelsea striker
'doesn't do much' by scoring decisive goals in both of the Blues victories
over Arsenal this season.
And Arshavin admitted: 'We didn't stop him and he made the result. This
is one of the reasons for the defeat. We were unable to cope with Drogba.'
Dailymail.co.uk,
09th February 2010
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