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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says he has no plans to quit his job and feels he has the club’s support.
The Gunners have failed to win any of their last seven Premier League games, losing five and drawing two as they have slipped to 15th place in the table.
“I don’t like to think about those steps [walking away] because then I’ll be thinking negatively and I can’t do that, ”said Arteta.
“For the moment, I have to try to be as positive as possible.”
Arteta spoke before Arsenal host Manchester City in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday.
“We are going through a lot of difficulties, the last thing we want to think about is more problems in the coming months. I’m not in that state of mind, ”he said.
“I know the responsibility I have and why I am here. Everyone knows that for a few months this was not going to be resolved very quickly. I think that’s the conscience of everyone at the club. “
Arteta was named by the Gunners in December 2019 and led the club to win the FA Cup last season.
However, his team has struggled this season, scoring just three goals in his last seven league outings.
He insisted that there is “unity” in the dressing room and the atmosphere is “as good as it can be when we are all hurt because the results in the Premier League are hurting us.”
The Asturian added: “From within the club all I feel is support, encouragement and total confidence that we will overcome it together.
“A club of this size deserves the best and when it is not happening, everyone is going to question what is happening.
“I am the most responsible in terms of results, so I have to accept it.”
Arsenal come to the game with City after a 2-1 loss to Everton and without striker Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang, who has a calf injury.
Arteta says he doesn’t read “all the comments” about his team and urged his players to do the same.
“If I started reading all the comments, whether positive or negative, I would go crazy,” he said.
“My suggestion for all players is exactly the same. It happens all the time with social media too because you can’t control who’s writing or what their intentions are, so it’s a very dangerous thing to do. “
When asked what he was like as a player when things didn’t go his way, the former midfielder said: “I liked to look around me, be it the squad, the coaches, the players and I wanted to see the fighters.
“Normally, when that happens, there are two types of people: combatants and victims.
“You need combatants and you don’t want victims. Victims bring excuses, victims bring negativity and begin to blame whatever is happening around them or that is not going well for them.
“You need people who fight, people who contribute and people willing to give everything to the club at this time.”
