Bukayo Saka warned Manchester City and Liverpool that Arsenal have rediscovered their best form after making it three convincing wins in a row in the last week.
The Gunners rose to the second position of the Premier League table with a 5-2 evisceration of West Ham United on Saturday evening. Arsenal had also racked up five goals in a devastating Champions League win over Sporting CP on Tuesday night, shortly after seeing off Nottingham Forest 3-0 last weekend.
Between the October and November international holidays, arsenal lost three of seven games, defeating only second-tier Shakhtar Donetsk and Preston North End. The prolonged absence of Martin Odegaard was a major factor in this underwhelming run of strong form.
The Norwegian captain has started all three of Arsenal’s wins this week. After joining devilishly with his master throughout Saturday’s Blitz at the London StadiumSaka told the assembled media: “Definitely, the last three games, we’re back, we’re back to our best, we’re back to our best way of playing.
“We are fluid, we are dynamic and you can see the movements, the rotations, everything looks good. We have to continue like this, we have played three good games but we know that in this league it is not enough.”
Arteta never gave up Arsenal’s title aspirations and optimism were only boosted by the capital’s latest thrashing. “We’ve got a bit of momentum, we’ve got a bit of pushback and real determination,” the Spanish manager said before turning the spotlight on the high-profile clash. between Liverpool and Manchester City sunday afternoon “We’ll take advantage of tonight and watch a nice football game tomorrow.”
There won’t be much time to rest as the list of festive accessories gets underway. Arsenal are back in action on Wednesday night when they host Ruben Amorim Manchester United and will face a daunting run of six games in 17 days before Christmas.
However, the Gunners have been helped by a fortuitous quirk of the calendar which ensures that their next eight games in all competitions will be played in London.
