Arsenal midfielder Tomas Rosicky has insisted that all the players are ignoring the pundits who are ruling them out of the Premier League title race.
Out of the four teams that are fighting for the title, the majority of the pundits believe it’s mainly between Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City, but depite the doubters, Rosicky insists that his team-mates are not listening to what they are saying.
The Czech international scored a stunner in the second minute during yesterday’s North London Derby at White Hart Lane and it was that goal that gave Arsenal all three points and cut the gap between themselves and league-leaders Chelsea.
After the game, Rosicky was confident that the players are ready for the fight and are ignoring all their doubters.
“You cannot influence what the people around you are saying. I mean no disrespect to you (media), but I absolutely don’t care what you are saying – don’t take it negatively, but it is like that,” Rosicky said.
“Only what counts is that you come to the pitch and win the game, if you don’t win the game, obviously you are right.
“The only thing that you can influence is on the pitch, the truth is on the pitch, nothing else matters.”
Rosicky added: “Since I have been in England and playing for Arsenal, it is the first time it has been like this, with four teams basically fighting for the title.
“You can see how unpredictable it is – we lost at Stoke (last weekend), Chelsea lost at (Aston) Villa (on Saturday), so every game is very important for everyone.
“It can change very, very quickly in two games and of course you talk about Chelsea and Man City, but you have to talk about Liverpool also.”
“When we were 1-0 up in the past, sometimes these games slipped through our fingers… maybe in the past we would not have won a game like that,” he added.
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt – @AlexsArticles
