Martin Odegaard rates Arsenal's chances of catching Liverpool in title race
Arsenal are 16 points behind Liverpool at the top of the Premier League table ahead of their must-win clash against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon
by John Cross · The MirrorMartin Odegaard insists Arsenal won’t give up in the Premier League title race - despite being 16 points behind Liverpool.
The leaders extended their lead on Saturday with a 3-1 win over the Southampton at Anfield to extend their seemingly unassailable lead.
Mikel Arteta's men do have two games in hand - beginning with Sunday’s trip to Manchester United - and captain Odegaard, who admits his personal performances haven’t been good enough this season, is refusing to throw in the towel.
He insists the last two seasons should have taught Arsenal - who led the title race only to blow big leads - that it is not over until it is over.
He said: “We’ll fight until the end. That’s the mindset of everyone. We’ve been fighting three years in a row for the title and you go a couple of years back then we were leading with a lot of points and then we finished second.
“It shows that everything is possible and the main thing is to keep going, keep working hard and day-by-day get better in the games and then we’ll see.
“We’ve put ourselves in a difficult position at the moment but we have to keep going, we have to try to win every time we play and then we’ll see what happens with Liverpool.”
Arsenal and United are separated by 21 points before kickoff at Old Trafford on Sunday but Odegaard insists Ruben Amorim’s side will still carry a big threat.
“They’re not where they want to be in the table and it’s a big club which has struggled a little bit but, as I said before, we know the quality they have when they’re really on it and they have a lot of good individual players that we have to be ready for.
“It’s always tough when you play them. I don’t think they are where they want to be in the table but we know the quality they have when they play at their best. They have a lot of individual quality and when they play as a team, it’s challenging to play them.
“It’s a big challenge for us and we have to take the good feelings now from this game and what we did - especially going forward - into the next game and hopefully do more of that.”
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