Theo Walcott declares Arsenal ‘method BETTER’ than Manchester City after Southampton’s 3-3 draw on the Emirates… with the previous Gunner revealing his son shall be dissatisfied at his non-celebration after netting towards his former membership
- Southampton put a significant dent in Arsenal’s title aspirations on Friday night
- Theo Walcott admitted he felt ‘detached’ – saying he felt like he could not win
- Arsenal lead Manchester City by 5 factors having performed two video games extra
Theo Walcott has declared Arsenal ‘method higher’ than title rivals Manchester City after Southampton held on to a draw on a pulsating Friday night on the Emirates.
Backside membership Southampton twice held a two-goal benefit – 2-0 after which 3-1 – however have been pegged again inside three dramatic minutes within the dying embers of the sport as Mikel Arteta‘s facet sought to maintain their faltering title bid on monitor.
Walcott, who performed for the present league leaders between 2006 and 2018, put the guests 2-0 up early within the first half and admitted to harbouring combined feelings at denying Arsenal three very important factors.
‘Arsenal are simply unimaginable. We performed Man Metropolis the opposite week and I believed Arsenal have been method higher than them,’ he advised NBC Sports activities.
Southampton have been defeated 4-1 at house by Manchester City earlier this month.
Theo Walcott – himself a former Arsenal participant – has declared Mikel Arteta’s facet ‘method higher’ than Manchester City
Arsenal rescued some extent after trailing 3-1 heading into the dying embers of the sport
Walcott claimed that it was an ‘detached’ day for him – revealing that he felt he could not ‘win’
‘That’s how I see Arsenal for the time being,’ he added. ‘We will take numerous positives from this recreation as a result of they [Arsenal] are the very best workforce on this league at this second in time.’
Concerning his aim, which noticed Southampton take a shock 2-0 lead, Walcott revealed that his son would have been ‘dissatisfied’ by his lack of celebration.
‘My son’s going to be actually dissatisfied that I didn’t rejoice however I simply couldn’t,’ the 34-year-old mentioned.
‘It was a really detached day for me as we speak, I felt like I couldn’t win. Hopefully now Arsenal can go on and win the league and beat Man Metropolis on Wednesday.’
‘Everybody feels a bit deflated I believe, that’s the sense I received from the followers and each groups,’ Walcott went on to say. ‘We have been in a terrific place after all and we sort of threw it away.
‘Earlier than the sport we might have taken some extent towards the workforce on the prime of the league however with 5 minutes to go we felt we have been in management.’
An analogous feeling of deflation was felt among the many Arsenal gamers, with a solemn Gabriel Jesus saying afterwards that he and his team-mates ‘dropped just a little little bit of’ their ‘degree and focus’.
Gabriel Jesus urged his team-mates to stay collectively amid maybe their most troublesome interval of the marketing campaign
Manchester City have hit their stride in latest weeks and have closed the hole on the league leaders
‘Plenty of issues is happening now,’ Jesus advised Sky Sports activities. ‘We do not wish to come right here and speak destructive as a result of we’re very constructive, what we’re doing this season is superb. The Premier League is hard.
‘Now’s the troublesome second. It’s time now to stay collectively till the tip. We nonetheless have numerous issues to do that season, it’s not over, we’re nonetheless 5 factors clear. Manchester City have two video games in hand but when we wish to be champions we’ve to go there to win the sport – that’s all.
‘Every thing can occur. Clearly we aren’t pleased with the final three video games, we dropped factors and we all know that is true, nobody has to inform us. We dropped just a little little bit of our degree and focus, that is the Premier League, it’s so troublesome to win this competitors.
‘We’re nonetheless there, we’re nonetheless combating and we’ll battle till the tip.’