{"id":603,"date":"2026-04-16T15:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/?p=603"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:52:09","slug":"wright-makes-arsenal-title-claim-after-not-seeing-anything-from-gunners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/?p=603","title":{"rendered":"Wright makes Arsenal title claim after &#8216;not seeing anything&#8217; from Gunners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Ian Wright sees the Premier League title \u201cfalling away\u201d from his beloved Arsenal after \u201cnot seeing anything\u201d from Mikel Arteta\u2019s side in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal saw out a goalless draw with Sporting at the Emirates on Wednesday to confirm their place in the Champions League semi-finals, where they will meet Atletico Madrid, after Kai Havertz\u2019s late goal in the first leg secured a 1-0 aggregate win.<\/p>\n<p>It was the latest unconvincing performance from Arteta\u2019s side in a long list of them on the back of <strong>Carabao Cup final defeat to Manchester City<\/strong>the FA Cup exit at the hands of Southampton and the <strong>Premier League loss to Bournemouth on Saturday<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: No fire, pure fear as Arsenal scrape into Champions League semi-final with fraught 0-0 draw<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thierry Henry has laughed at their chances<\/strong> in the crunch clash with Manchester City on Sunday and Joe Cole has <strong>urged Arteta to drop a player who \u201cfluffed his lines\u201d against Sporting<\/strong> for what many believe will be the title decider.<\/p>\n<p>And Wright says watching Arsenal is \u201ckilling me\u201d and is struggling to find positives to cling to in the title run-in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wright said on <em>The Overlap<\/em><\/strong>: \u201cWatching the games, it hurts. There\u2019s a pain that\u2019s hurting me. It\u2019s killing me that I can\u2019t feel it. I\u2019ve put so much, invested so much into the manager, the team, the players, everything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd they\u2019ve got to a place again and you are just seeing it falling away, you\u2019re seeing players making mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Suggesting Wright may be overreacting, Keane said: \u201cIt\u2019s not falling away yet. They\u2019re top of the table. They\u2019re nervous, they look edgy, but they have to get through that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you think it was going to be plain sailing? They\u2019ve been nervous for six months?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0fab81ce12e48a0794275e1d82449fb1\" image-id=\"1076148725\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wright replied: \u201cI didn\u2019t expect it to be plain sailing Roy, because it\u2019s never plain sailing. Even the team that has momentum still has to get it done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut when you are at the top of the league and you have to beat teams, I\u2019m not seeing anything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re watching the boys, you\u2019re watching the way we play, which honestly I don\u2019t like but I\u2019m just taking it to get over the line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re in a position that we\u2019ve been in three times before. Why should I say to people that come up to me \u2018Don\u2019t worry, have faith\u2019?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t played any kind of football to beat a team in a way where (I can say that). We can\u2019t get through the nervousness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neville then asks Wright is he had a a message to the Arsenal players after winning the Premier League title with the Gunners in the 1997\/98 season.<\/p>\n<p>Wright added: \u201cI believe that how we\u2019re playing now, and however the manager wants you to play, once you get on the pitch, you have to take a certain responsibility for yourself because it\u2019s failing right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<p><script>\n        !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n        {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n        n.queue=();t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)(0);\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n        'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('init', '1399787394855675');\n        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    <\/script><script>\n        !function(e,n,t){var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)(0);e.getElementById\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian Wright sees the Premier League title \u201cfalling away\u201d from his beloved Arsenal after \u201cnot seeing anything\u201d from Mikel Arteta\u2019s side in recent weeks. 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