Declan Rice revealed Arsenal’s livid stars had a ‘agency’ chat within the wake of their calamitous 2-2 draw at Wolves.
The Gunners held a two-goal lead over the underside membership at Molineux however solely left with some extent after conceding a brutal stoppage time equaliser to offer Man Metropolis an enormous enhance within the title race.
Mikel Arteta’s facet have completed second repeatedly in latest seasons, unable to finish their silverware drought.
Questions over the leaders’ mentality are starting to come back to the fore as soon as once more after the Wolves end result and Rice has spoken about how the squad are dealing with it.
He instructed the Sun: ‘We’re not going to be handed it, we have to go and win it, we have to deserve it and we must be prepared for something that’s thrown at us.
‘We spoke to one another in a agency manner after Wolves, we knew we’d let ourselves and the followers down after being in such an excellent place.
Declan RIce admitted Arsenal’s gamers had ‘agency’ conversations after the draw at Molineux
The Gunners are at risk of letting their lead within the title race slip and have the derby subsequent
‘Letting it slip just isn’t the requirements that we’ve set ourselves this season. We had a workforce assembly and we’re able to go once more.’
Arsenal gamers have been permitted a time off to get better and accumulate themselves within the wake of the Wolves end result forward of an enormous north London derby this weekend.
It might be the right recreation for the leaders to point out their championship mettle, notably with Spurs buoyed by a change within the dugout with Igor Tudor stepping in as interim boss.
Regardless that critics are piling the stress on Arsenal, a defiant Rice went on to level out that the workforce have solely misplaced three video games in all competitions all season.
He added: ‘We consider we’ve a squad to win each recreation, the mindset and the mentality is there. Have a look at this season, we’ve misplaced three video games in all competitions, that’s it.
‘It’s by no means going to be straightforward if we’re going to win our first league title in 22 years.’
Man Metropolis may lower the hole to 2 factors in the event that they beat Newcastle at dwelling earlier than Arsenal go to Tottenham on Sunday.
The Gunners stay agency favourites to capitalise on their benefit within the title race, in accordance with the bookmakers.
However a damaging end result towards their fierce rivals would solely see the surface noise elevate in quantity and provides Metropolis much more perception, with each side nonetheless to play one another on the Etihad earlier than the tip of the marketing campaign.
