Sol Campbell admits it will take a "miracle"
for Arsenal to win the Premier League this season.
Arsene Wenger's men followed up their 6-0 drubbing at the
hands of Chelsea with a 2-2 draw at home to Swansea City on Tuesday, a result
that leaves them six points adrift of the Premier League leaders.
A return of just eight points from seven matches has seen
Arsenal slip to the periphery of the title race, while even a top-four finish
is now under threat as a result of Everton's four-match winning streak.
Campbell, speaking after the release of his book, 'Sol
Campbell - The Authorised Biography', feels the defeat to Chelsea was the
hammer blow to Arsenal's hopes.
"If that result was different they could still be in
the race, I think that result kind of puts them definitely out of the
race," the former Arsenal defender told Perform.
"A miracle has to happen (for Arsenal to win the
league), for the other teams to lose games, for them to win games, for it to
all change around.
"Mathematically it's still there (but) the whole
momentum of them trying to get back into winning the Premier League has
definitely been dented and I think it could be gone now."
Campbell, who lifted the two Premier League titles and
three FA Cups during his time with Arsenal, believes that Wenger will have been
badly affected by the recent dip in form and says the FA Cup must now be a
priority for his former club.
"I think he (Wenger) will be definitely hurt,"
he added. "It's a special time when you get a thousand games and you
always want to end in a happy way or have a good result. Obviously that didn't
happen so I'm very, very disappointed and he'll be deeply hurt.
"I think he'd like to end with a win under his belt
this season.
"I think definitely the FA Cup is the only thing to
really, really go for and they can't miss that chance because it's a special
cup and I hope the players treat it as a special cup, and respect the team
they're playing against (Wigan Athletic) because that's the beauty of the cup;
if you disrespect it, it can really turn around."
Culled from Soccerway
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