Mikel Arteta has warned his Arsenal players against taking it easy during the Premier League run-in. Having secured a place in the Europa League semis, the North Londoners could be tempted to concentrate solely on that trophy - and the prize of automatic Champions qualification - instead of improving their remainder of a dismal Premier League campaign.
But manager Arteta will not tolerate any such a laissez-faire approach from his troops, currently languishing ninth in the table and a whopping NINE points adrift of the top five.
In fact, the Spaniard is demanding the reverse. He expects his underachievers to keep performing at the heights produced during Thursday’s sizzling 4-0 rout of Slavia Prague.
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