Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been talking to the club’s official website about this season’s title race.
The Gunners boss faced the media ahead of his side’s FA Cup clash with Liverpool on Sunday, but it was the title race that took main attention as reporters wanted to know Wenger’s stance on the cmpetition, especially after their two poor results against The Reds and Manchester United.
Wenger was questioned about how close the race is and whether or not more teams are in it rather than just Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal.
“It is very open, only Chelsea can lose it because they are in front and all the other teams can win it,” He said.
“Yes (Spurs and Liverpool are in it), I always said that many teams are in it and it will be very tight until the end.”
Wenger was then asked about why Jose Mourinho and Brendan Rodgers keep dismissing their club’s chances, and the Frenchman puts that down to fear of failure.
“It’s fear to fail.” he added.
“If you’re not in the race you cannot lose it, if you declare yourself not in the race you cannot lose it, it’s as simple as that.
“I think just that our job is to be ambitious and to try to win, and if we do not win to take full responsibility for that. It’s as simple as that and that’s how I see it.
“I say that yes we are in it [the title race], yes we will have a go for it, we will absolutely give everything to go for it and if we don’t do it I will take responsibility for it, but I just see it like that.”
Finally, Wenger was asked about Mourinho’s stance on Liverpool having an advantage because they are not playing in any European competition.
“If you win and you have no big injuries, it’s better you play competitions. On a physical front, it’s a huge advantage for Liverpool, but if you give them the choice – ‘would you like to play in the Champions League?’ – they have not played for seven years in the Champions League so they would say yes.”
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt – @AlexsArticles
