Jack Wilshere has admitted that he wants Arsenal to win all their remaining six games and in the process, stop Manchester United from winning the title at the Emirates.
Sir Alex Ferguson’s men need seven points to be crowned champions and there is a possibility that the Gunners may have to give former skipper Robin van Persie a guard of honour, when the two sides meet on April 28.
Wilshere is keen to avoid that, starting with a crucial home game against Everton on Tuesday.
“We’ve got Everton now, which is big, a really important one, and if we win then we’re in a good position. But even then we’re definitely not over the line – we’ve got some tough games coming up,” he said.
“Fulham away [on Saturday] will be tough, and then we’ve got Manchester United [on April 28] – we obviously don’t want them winning the league at Emirates, so we’ll be up for that.
“But I think we can get maximum points from our six games – we beat United here the season before last, so we know we’re capable of it.
“If we drop points, we drop points – we’ll just have to bounce back and go game by game.
“It’s great (to be third), especially considering the position we were in before. We’ve shown a lot of character. But while it’s good to look at now, we want to be better than that – we don’t want to be happy with third in the league.
“We’ve got great players, and want to be challenging for first and second.
“We’re happy with third, when you look at this season, but really we want to be higher.”
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