Arsenal players urged to focus on overtaking Chelsea instead of Man Utd

Lee Dixon believes Arsenal’s players should turn their focus on finishing third in the Premier League ahead of Chelsea.

Mikel Arteta’s side continued their bid to secure a top-four finish on Thursday evening as they grabbed a last-gasp 2-1 win over Wolves at the Emirates Stadium.

The result puts Arsenal just a point behind fourth-placed Manchester United, although the Gunners still have two games in hand.

But Dixon feels his former club should set their sights on overtaking Chelsea, who are five points ahead in third place and have played one game more.

‘If I’m in that Arsenal dressing room now I’m not looking at Man United I’m looking at Chelsea,’ Dixon told Amazon Prime.

‘With our game in hand and two points behind Chelsea, they’ve got games than us to play in the Champions League, I’m getting my sights at where Arsenal should be, or should have been for years, all of a sudden that is the target they should be aiming at.

‘[Former Arsenal captain] Tony Adams would be going around saying in the dressing room, ‘you know what?, forget Man United, we’re going for Chelsea.

‘They [Arsenal] showed a lot of character out there as Wolves are a frustrating team to play against because of the way they close space down, they don’t give anything away, and when they started to drop into a proper five and make it difficult.

‘A lot of credit goes to Arteta for making those substitutions at the right time with the right player.

‘Pepe hasn’t played a lot of football, but he is an impact player, and they weren’t moving so they wanted to move them.’

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