Mikel Arteta has dismissed Roy Keane’s claim that Arsenal have already won the Premier League title.
Arsenal currently sit five points clear of Manchester City at the highest of the Premier League ahead of Saturday’s trip to Aston Villa within the 12:30pm kick-off.
Arteta’s side appear to have a definite advantage over their title rivals as a consequence of their rock-solid defence, conceding just seven goals in 14 Premier League games to date.
Earlier this week, Keane made a powerful statement on the Premier League title race as he said on The Overlap: ‘The league is over. It’s over. The league is over.’
When asked about Keane’s comments, Arteta replied: ‘I don’t know, we all know the fact, we all know the fact that we play every three days and the standard of opposition we now have and the way tough it’s to win a football match.
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‘We sense it three days before, the week before and that’s the fact of the league.
‘Just attempt to be nearly as good as we are able to daily and go day-to-day.’
Asked if Villa’s recent run of form is a reminder of the problem Arsenal face, Arteta replied: ‘Yeah, exactly that.
‘I fully agree with that, there’s the extent then the schedule each team has had.
‘Which games have they played at home or away and against certain opposition, there are plenty of aspects and we’re still very early within the season.’
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