Under a month prior, Arsenal were in post position for fourth spot and the last spot in the Champions League yet three consecutive to-back routs has seen the Gunners sneak off the pursuing pack. That incorporates misfortunes to Southampton and Brighton with the North London side now three focuses behind Tottenham regardless of Spurs losing to Brighton themselves last end of the week. Not just that, they've been hit hard with wounds as Thomas Partey and Kieran Tierney will miss the season while objectives have likewise been rare.
Notwithstanding, Arsenal actually have a game close by against Tottenham which implies that a success against Chelsea, during the mid-week apparatus, could send them back into the race. That is particularly after Manchester United's misfortune to Liverpool on Tuesday night and Paul Merson trusts that in the event that the Gunners neglect to qualify, it will be "their greatest disillusionment. The previous Arsenal winger additionally added that Mikel Arteta's side have been playing only one game seven days the entire season and ought to have wrapped up top four quite some time ago.
"Arsenal are still in this race, but they will do really well to finish in the top four now. Assuming they'd lost to Liverpool, Chelsea and Man City over the most recent couple of weeks you hold your hands up and you acknowledge that they are simply better groups right now. That is a reality right now, and you simply need to ensure you dominate matches against different groups," Merson wrote in his Sky Sports segment.
"They've lost to groups they ought to beat. Fourth ought to be done at this point. That will be their greatest frustration. From the very first moment, I said Arsenal and Tottenham were not dominating all their excess matches. At the point when you watched Man City versus Liverpool the other week, it's unique. With their quality, you realize they could roll out seven or eight successes.
"That is not a problem for them at all. Nonetheless, Arsenal and Spurs were never under any circumstance going to do that. Assuming you backpedal on Soccer Saturday, a long, quite some time ago towards the beginning of the time, I said Arsenal would complete in the main four. The thinking was that they were playing only one game seven days for most of the time, and that is a monstrous benefit."
Notwithstanding, Merson additionally focused a beam of light onto his previous club's potential for Champions League football as he accepts that the Gunners will confront a debilitated Chelsea during their mid-week conflict. The Blues beat Crystal Palace, throughout the end of the week, in the FA Cup semi-last and Merson added that it could drive Thomas Tuchel to rest a couple of players which helps Arsenal's goal.
"Arsenal are still in the top-four race. This is definitely not a major event for Chelsea concerning the association. Third is in essence wrapped up for Thomas Tuchel's side. They are in the best four at this point. In the event that Arsenal go out and show something, they get each opportunity at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea have had a hard week after their Champions League takes advantage of and their FA Cup semi-last win. It very well may be a game where Tuchel rests a couple of players and Arsenal may simply get a piece fortunate," he added.
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