We'll both
drop more points between now and the end of the season, but we need to be much more consistent than we have been.
Arsenal
dropped more points in the title race following a 3 - 3 draw against Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium in midweek and the result was most certainly a very disappointing one for the Gunners.
However, Arteta admits that the London outfit can not
drop any more points if they want to return to the Champions League next season.
He called out Luke Shaw, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, the home fans, fixture list, the FA and you guessed it — UEFA, in a slightly tense exchange but the good (and bad) news is that Manchester United are miraculously still very much alive in the race for top four as Man City and
Arsenal dropped more points in the weekend, giving the Red Devils even more false hope.
Real
Madrid dropped more points against Malaga this weekend, falling nine points behind Barcelona in the La Liga title race and making a come back look extremely unlikely.
It was hardly an emphatic result though and the fact they lost Diego Costa to a muscle injury during the game suggests that Chelsea might just
drop some more points after the international break.
Nevertheless, the pressure really is on for them to
avoid dropping any more points while they'll be desperate to stay in the hunt for trophies too along with the Europa League.
Halfway through the La Liga season, Real Madrid have
already dropped more points than they did in the entirety of the previous campaign.
Antonio Conte's
men dropped more points in Sunday's 1 - 1 draw against West Ham at Stamford Bridge to leave their chances of Champions League qualification seeming increasingly remote.
Had
United dropped more points, it would undoubtedly have been a different story with the focus on the likes of Pogba and Sanchez, but instead they celebrate with three points ahead of facing Liverpool at Old Trafford on Saturday.
Are we, the fans, the only ones who realize we can not afford to
drop any more points??? Why can't they all be like Sanchez who looks like he is willing to die for a victory?
My prediction is that spurs will
drop more points today, as for leicester we keep wondering: who can stop them?
Spurs dropped more points at home today as the north London club came from behind to draw 1 - 1 with manager-less West Brom at Wembley today.
We have to get out of that funk as we can't afford to
drop more points aside from the Chelsea game we have failed to win games with authority against big teams.
They haven't strung 2 successive wins together in 10 games now and won just 4 of their away games — they will
drop more points especially as 9 of their last 16 games are away.
Some of our rivals will
likely drop more points this week, so we need to be focused and capitalise on our opportunity.
Now United are at risk of falling out of second place as well, and they can ill - afford to
drop any more points right now with Jose Mourinho's old club Chelsea nipping at their heels.
That's not only
because dropping more points like what happened two weekends ago before that stupid thing known as an international break arrived and bored us out of our respective minds.
That means that they need to win all three of the games that they still have to play and hope that
Leicester drop more points in their last two fixtures.
Not keen
on dropping more points, City came out gun blazing in the second period and shortly after the re-start they regained their lead, this time with a goal from Sergio Aguero.
West Ham and Arsenal could not afford to
drop any more points going into the game, with the Hammers dreaming of a top four finish while the Gunners chased an unlikely title.
United are already finding themselves 15 points adrift of Manchester City and can not afford to
drop any more points if they are to at least think about winning the league title.
The guys also analyze all the action from a wet weekend in LaLiga, including a hotly - contested Catalan derby, Real
Madrid dropping more points and a Europe League race that's worth monitoring.
Even though it seemed like Arsenal would
drop more points after the recent defeat against Manchester United, the team clawed back in the final minutes to get a point.
The draw almost has that inevitable feel about it, although the worrying factor is neither can afford to
drop any more points between now and the end of the season so, perhaps, should one of the two show a great deal more hunger than the other, there won't be a fifth draw in a a row between these two sides on Saturday.
Hopefully the defeat is just a blip, and with other surrounding teams all winning on Wednesday, Arsenal can't really afford to
drop any more points with Christmas looming.
Arsenal on Sunday lost to Manchester United and Arsene Wenger again suffers huge criticism, and he's not entitled to
drop more points against Swansea, which in recent years passed well at the Emirates.
Arsenal
dropped more points at the weekend, leaving us in the fourth and final Champions League place, and are losing grip on our place in next season's elite competition.
Real Madrid looked set to
drop more points in LaLiga, but Cristiano Ronaldo clinched a dramatic win at Eibar late on.
Having
dropped more points, that leaves Atletico Madrid just five points behind Ernesto Valverde's side ahead of the meeting between the top two at the Nou Camp on Sunday.
We drop more points to «stomach bugs» than I've ever seen!
They know that
dropping any more points now would all but end their hopes of winning the title, and so they arrive in London will all of the pressure on their shoulders.
if United, City or Chelsea drop 2 or 3points now they ll still be topping us but if
we drop any more points we are unofficially outta the title race cos then it's gonna be 7 or 8points away from at least 2 of those three contenders.