Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has admitted that his team want to “win badly”, as they continue to lead the way in the Premier League title race.
The Gunners were to forced to ground out another narrow victory, as they beat Brighton 2-1 at the Emirates on Saturday.
Captain Martin Odegaard had opened the scoring in the first half with a low drive.
Arteta’s men doubled their lead immediately after the break, thanks to an own goal from Georginio Rutter.
But Brigton pulled one back through Diego Gomez and also most got an equalizer, but were denied by an excellent David Raya save.
When asked about the nervy atmosphere inside the stadium after Brighton’s goal back, Arteta said: “That’s a willingness to win! We all want to win so badly.
“Now I don’t want to lose what I have and we have to play to continue to score and show that composure and that ability and we should have scored the third one.
“We have two massive chances to put it to 3-1 and then it would have been different. We haven’t, so we have to suffer a little bit more.”
The result means Arsenal continue to maintain a two-point lead at the top over Manchester City.
EPL: We want to win badly – Arteta fires title warning to Man City
EPL: We want to win badly – Arteta fires title warning to Man City
