Declan Rice urges Arsenal to use title heartbreak as fuel for next season
Declan Rice has encourage his Arsenal team-mates to to use the pain of narrowly missing out on the Premier League title as ammunition for next season.
The Gunners misse out on a first Premier League crown in 20 years after final-day เว็บพนันออนไลน์ UFABET สมัครง่าย โปรโมชั่นมากมาย leaders Manchester City were able to complete the job with a 3-1 win over West Ham on Sunday.
Arsenal eventually got past Everton thanks to an 89th-minute goal from Kai Havertz, which secured a 2-1 victory after Idrissa Gueye’s first-half opener at the Emirates was cancelled out by Takehiro Tomiyasu, but it was not enough.
Mikel Arteta’s men had close to perfect in the league in 2024 with 16 wins from their 18 fixtures and yet City were able to pip them to the title by two points after they won their game in hand at Tottenham on Tuesday before they backe it up with victory against West Ham.
Rice, after an excellent debut campaign at Arsenal, reflecte: “The last few weeks have so whirlwind in terms of the emotions, the feelings we’ve had, watching other games, playing our games.
“It’s not something I want to experience again, but it’s an experience I’m so grateful to have had being in my first title race. It’s so special.
“To not win it is gutting, but we can’t rely on other teams to help us out. We have to look back on ourselves and games where we droppe points. That is ultimately where we’ve lost the league, but we’ll be back.
“We’re really confident as a group and you see the manager has full control of everything. I’m sure we’ll be stronger in the summer.”
Arsenal had pushed City close in the 2022-23 campaign but endure a poor finish and lost the title by five points.