Hector Bellerin has urged Arsenal fans worried about finishing the top four to remain calm, and says that the team have plenty of games to try and make up the gap that exists right now.
The Gunners currently sit 7 points behind fourth place Man City, with a game in hand, and face probably their toughest fight yet to finish in the Champions League places because of how many teams are involved in the scrap.
It’s something Bellerin is aware of, but he sounds confident they can do what’s required and has called for everyone to pull in the same direction.
“My message is just to remain calm,” he told the official site. “There are still loads of games to go. I understand that it can be frustrating not to be there at the moment but as I say, we just need to be together.
“It’s also true that we have a few games in hand, but we knew this year it was going to be very competitive.
“It was going to be one of the hardest leagues probably in the last few years. We knew it could happen but we still have loads of games for us to recover and make it into the top four.
“I think it’s just ours for the taking.”
I guess having a positive attitude is the very least we should expect from the players, but it’s up to them to now translate that into results in these final 10 games.
His outlook is also shared by Arsene Wenger who told his press conference today that a top four finish was ‘perfectly possible’.
We’ll see.
It’s that time of the year
Go Hector!
Cut your hair yet hector?
With odds of 7/2 on us accomplishing this, one may say its a big ask….I hope for everyone’s sake (with the exception of those unwanted cash cows at the top milking us fans below) you are right!
Sprinting his way to top four.
I finally realise what the missus goes through when I tell her to ‘relax’ when she’s already pissed off.
At the beginning of the season I can remember no one given Arsenal any chance at all finishing in the top four, with all the new world class managers and money all about the league! Arsenal all the way! We always react fiercely when our backs are against the wall. COYG!!! Match on..
Not really true, lot of people said Arsenal had as much quality as other top teams. We bought Xhaka and him and Ramsey along with Giroud had very good EURO with Cech already in the team. Maybe just the addition of a striker, they said. Most pundits stated we were contenders.
Actions speak louder than words Hector, though I do like the positivity..
Hector please just concentrate on finding your way back to your best, then when your on fire again and tearing the opposition nice shiny new ones we will all be happy for you.
Its ours for the taking? Win the game in hand and we still be chasin! In 6th Palace but its ours for the taking??
Coooome ooooon man!!! :-/
We’re going to have to win at least 9!?!
Hector, get a haircut please. We need the hector of old
And let Xhaka and Elneny start.Start Sanchez as CF.
Please for god’s sake start BFG or Holding. We need some calmness in our defence against that giant ogre who somehow becomes a beast playing against us
Hopefully, the coaches makes Mustafi sit and watch the number of times he has been out of position.