Arsenal still have room for improvement but can
challenge for the Premier League title, says Per
Mertesacker.
Per Mertesacker believes Arsenal must improve if they are to
challenge for the Premier League title this campaign, but feels
they showed character in Sunday's 1-1 draw with Tottenham.
Arsenal were trailing the north London derby 1-0 at half-time
following Harry Kane's goal, but Kieran Gibbs eventually helped
them to a draw after the break.
Sunday's result saw Arsenal move level on points with
Manchester City at the top of the table and Mertesacker is
determined to keep improving.
"We want to be involved throughout the season, competing at
the top until the last second," the German defender told the
official Arsenal website.
"We promised ourselves to do better than last season, not to
drop a lot of points too early. It's an interesting position we are
in, but we still have room for improvement.
"When you look at the first half we need to manage to play a lot
better. We lost our creativity and our way to play a bit, but how
we came back shows that we have got a good mentality and
level of character in the squad. That's important for the
Christmas period coming up.
"It's really important that, even if we suffer sometimes, we can
come back. We showed mental strength. Hopefully in the next
couple of weeks we'll get more energy because it's important
while having injured players."
challenge for the Premier League title, says Per
Mertesacker.
Per Mertesacker believes Arsenal must improve if they are to
challenge for the Premier League title this campaign, but feels
they showed character in Sunday's 1-1 draw with Tottenham.
Arsenal were trailing the north London derby 1-0 at half-time
following Harry Kane's goal, but Kieran Gibbs eventually helped
them to a draw after the break.
Sunday's result saw Arsenal move level on points with
Manchester City at the top of the table and Mertesacker is
determined to keep improving.
"We want to be involved throughout the season, competing at
the top until the last second," the German defender told the
official Arsenal website.
"We promised ourselves to do better than last season, not to
drop a lot of points too early. It's an interesting position we are
in, but we still have room for improvement.
"When you look at the first half we need to manage to play a lot
better. We lost our creativity and our way to play a bit, but how
we came back shows that we have got a good mentality and
level of character in the squad. That's important for the
Christmas period coming up.
"It's really important that, even if we suffer sometimes, we can
come back. We showed mental strength. Hopefully in the next
couple of weeks we'll get more energy because it's important
while having injured players."
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