The Frenchman steered his side to a club-record eighth
straight league away win at Swansea on Saturday and believes the Gunners can
challenge for the top prize this season.
Arsene Wenger insists his burgeoning Arsenal side will
figure in the race for the Premier League title this season.
The Frenchman and his team were all but written off
following an opening day defeat to Aston Villa, but the Gunners have responded
with nine straight wins in all competitions and now head the Premier League by
two points after Saturday’s 2-1 win at Swansea City.
The entire club has been galvanised by the club-record €50 million signing of Mesut Ozil, but Wenger believes Arsenal’s upsurge in from started long before the German’s arrival and is confident his team can compete for what would be their first league title in a decade.
"It's terrible to lose the first game of this season
but that was the first one we had lost since March," Wenger told
reporters. "I was proven right by the fact that, after that [Villa
defeat], we have responded in a positive way. We have improved. We have good
stability."
"We have the desire of course. You see that as
well," the Arsenal manager said. "But it's an early stage with just
six games played. After the first game, I would have taken 15 points today.
Let's just try to keep going.
"We have a chance. It's very open. There are maybe
six or seven teams. You can even add Everton to the top four, plus Liverpool
and Tottenham.
"It will be very interesting. Today, what has
changed compared to years before maybe, is that when playing at 80 per cent you
cannot win against any team in the Premier League. You have to be between 95
and 100 - and that promises a very interesting season."
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