Petr Cech has warned Arsenal they most overcome
all the adversity if they are to finish the season well. The Gunners are the only team in Englands
top four divisions to have lost all their away games in 2018. Its now five in a row after Sundays
2-1 defeat at Newcastle. And having won just three on the road, theyre
on course for their worst points tally away from home in 40 years.
Arsene Wenger fears the run of defeats has
got into his players heads and Cech could offer nothing to suggest otherwise. Arsenal keeper Cech said: I dont think
we can find a reason because weve been battling with it this far and we still havent
found an answer. But we still have games to play and we
need to make sure were ready to finish well. Hopes of qualifying for the Champions League
via the Premier League evaporated weeks ago.
And now they have a fight on their hands to
avoid in-form Burnley leapfrogging them into sixth place. Cech allowed Ayoze Perez to beat him at his
near post for Newcastles equaliser after Alexandre Lacazette had fired the visitors
into an early lead. Matt Ritchies winner stemmed from a series
of errors in the Arsenal backline a problem Cech admits has been a feature of their entire
campaign. He added: I think their second goal kind
of sums up our away season.
We collectively made a number of mistakes
at the same time which led to the goal and that devalued our work during the game. I think that its happened more frequently
than normal over the course of the season and its obviously cost us our position
in the league table. Their second goal was a big blow for us
and helped them gain confidence. It then became very difficult for us.
Were have the semi-final of the Europa
League to play and also some league games and we need to win as many as we can to give
ourselves a chance of Europe next season..
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