Arsenal manager, Unai Emery, has said his team’s desire to reach the top four is acting as a motivation to help them bounce back from successive defeats.
The Gunners have not qualified for the Champions League for two seasons now, and following a shock defeat at Southampton last weekend, trail fourth-placed Chelsea by three points.
Emery told Sky Sports ahead of Arsenal’s game with Burnley, that reaching the top four is firmly in the mind of his team, with the Europa League also a potential route to qualification.
He said: “Our results are good but we need more, tactically we need to continue working and improving, but we need time – today the difficulty for us is other teams are getting results and three points every week.
“I trust in our works and our players, and if we continue improving in our way, and with another victory against Burnley, we can be near the best teams in the Premier League and also our mind is to go to the Champions League.
“There’s two ways, we know it’s very difficult but if we continue to improve and with a big mentality, I think we can and we are going to try to do it.”
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