‘We really want it’- Mikel Arteta on Arsenal’s push for Premier League top four after Aston Villa victory

Mikel Arteta says the players «really want it» after his side tightened their grip on fourth place with a 1-0 win over Aston Villa at Villa Park. Bukayo Saka’s first-half strike was the difference in the West Midlands, as the Gunners moved four points clear of fifth-place Manchester United with a game in hand over the Red Devils. Ad/> “We showed a lot of character, intelligence and quality,” he said in his post-match interview with BT Sport.

Premier LeagueRamsdale to miss a few weeks in blow to Arsenal and England2 HOURS AGO “If you want to be among the top teams then you have to win at home and away, because the rhythm and the capacity teams which the top teams have to win football matches is huge. “We have to do the same; we are doing it very consistently at the moment and we have to continue to do that. “We are there [fourth] with 10 games to go, we really want it and we’re going to give it a go until the end.” Everton win an amazing (and terrible) game of football — The Warm-Up Ramsdale to miss a few weeks in blow to Arsenal and England The Spaniard also singled out Bernd Leno for returning between the sticks in the absence of Aaron Ramsdale, and was delighted to give Emile Smith Rowe a full 90-minute run-out.

“We had a lot of players with niggles that wanted to be here,” he added. “We lost Aaron and [Gabriel] Martinelli this week. We’re so pleased for Bernd as he’s not played the minutes that he’s used to in his career.