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Ashley Cole has admitted that it will be “very difficult” for Arsenal to achieve a top-four finish after her former team’s horrific start to the season.
Mikel Arteta’s team was booed by some fans after their 1-0 loss to Burnley on Sunday left them just five points behind the relegation zone at 15th place.
The surprising result at Emirates confirmed his worst start to the season in the league in 46 years, and former Arsenal left-back Cole says his chances of qualifying for the Champions League are now slim.
“Now they can put Europe on the back burner and start focusing on getting some points, playing better football and improving the league position,” he told Stats Perform News, courtesy of Nissan.
“ They face some of the best teams in the Premier League so it will be difficult for them, but I feel like if they can get through this moment and this difficult period with some good games, some good results, you never know. .
‘There’s still a long way to go this season, but when you’re in the lower half of the table, to be in the top four now, with the quality that some of these teams are playing at, then I think it will be very difficult for Arsenal. ‘
Arsenal face a complicated list of matches before the end of the year, starting with a home game against Southampton in form tonight.
That will take place without fans in the Emirates after London moved to Level 3 of the government’s coronavirus restrictions.
Arteta’s men will close the year with a trip to Carlo Ancelotti’s Everton, a grudging Boxing Day match against Chelsea and a visit to Brighton in the Premier League.
Among those matches is also the little affair of the EFL Cup quarter-finals against Manchester City next Tuesday.
Sunday’s surprise loss to Burnley following an own goal by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from a corner kick represented a new low for this beleaguered Arsenal.
Granit Xhaka’s expulsion for grabbing Ashley Westwood by the neck summed up her team’s chaos, and Arteta has sought to take responsibility for her team’s downfall.
“I feel more responsible than anyone for the situation,” he said before the game against Southampton.
“Everything we can say, we have to prove it on the field with our results.
‘I would like to tell the fans that we are fighting to fix this. It is the least we can do. We know it’s not good enough and we’re doing everything we can to change it. ‘
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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