Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, has said that it will be a tight fight for the top four places this year in the EPL.
The Frenchman heaved a sigh of relief, after a turbulent 10 days ended with a nervous 2-1 win over Aston Villa at the Emirates on Saturday. The victory saw them move within two points of Chelsea, who are in third position and lost to Manchester City on Sunday.
Although the Gunners remain in fifth position, Wenger has now set his sights on finishing higher than fourth.
“I’m not sure the other places are not reachable,” he said. “I’m not sure it will only be a fight with Tottenham. It could be a tight fight until the end.
“We are ready for that. We are ready to fight for the football we love to play. You could see that against Aston Villa.
“We continued to play until the last second of the game and we will continue to do that until the end of the season. Recently in the Premier League we have not conceded too many. But I think we have to improve a little bit the number of goals we are scoring because in recent games we created a lot of chances but didn’t take advantage.”
Wenger also admitted that his side’s confidence was at all-time low after back to back defeats in the FA Cup and the Champions League.
“Right now, confidence is our best friend and a lack of confidence is our worst enemy,” he said “Both of them are very fragile.
“We were nervous [against Villa] because we had absolutely to win. We had hit twice the wall in one week.
“When you drive in a car and you have an accident at 100 miles an hour. You say ‘ok, we go again.’
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