Arteta’s squad ended the season as runners-up to the relentless City for the second consecutive year, falling just short on the final day.
By Paul Tuama
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has pledged that his team will “keep knocking” in their pursuit of the Premier League title after finishing second to Manchester City once again.
Arteta’s squad ended the season as runners-up to the relentless City for the second consecutive year, falling just short on the final day.
Despite Arsenal’s 2-1 victory against Everton, City secured the title with a 3-1 win over West Ham, finishing two points ahead.
City have now claimed an unprecedented four consecutive titles and have been champions six times in the past seven years.
Their dominance shows no sign of waning, as Arsenal’s impressive form in 2024 still wasn’t enough to surpass them.
Arteta, who knows City’s insatiable hunger for success firsthand from his time as Guardiola’s assistant during their 100-point season in 2017-18, acknowledged this reality.
Speaking after the game on Sunday, Arteta said, First of all congrats to Manchester City for winning the Premier League,” he told SkySports.
“Today some mixed emotions. First of all, to be really proud of the staff and those players. They’ve done an incredible job and they have pushed every limit and every margin that we could to try to win this Premier League.
“Unfortunately, it a bit short and we couldn’t deliver the prize that we wanted.
He added: “They (City) took it away from us. It’s the second season.
“There’s only one way to do it – you have to be more determined, you have to be more ambitious, you have to have a lot of courage and push every limit in everything that we have. That’s the next step.
“If we do what we have to do, we’re going to be closer and at the end we’ll win it. When? I don’t know, but if we keep knocking and being that close, in the end it will happen.”
Arteta also insists his Arsenal side is on the right path, and stated that he knows what to do to beat Manchester City to winning the Premier League.
“Yeah. But I was there when we did 100 points (in 2017-18) so I know what it takes. I know what happened and this is the level.
“No-one has to explain what the level is because I was there four years every day and I know what we have to do if we are going to reach there. Not only for one season, but for the rest.
“We are on the right path, the right journey and to see the evolution so quickly happening, I haven’t seen it before.
“So we’re on the right trajectory and now we need to really pull the teeth and bite into it because we really want more.”
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