{"id":1736,"date":"2026-04-11T07:56:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=1736"},"modified":"2026-04-11T07:56:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:56:20","slug":"unique-title-pressure-on-gunners-explained-that-man-city-have-never-faced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=1736","title":{"rendered":"‘Unique’ title pressure on Gunners explained that Man City have never faced"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Former Premier League club CEO Keith Wyness has explained the \u201cunique\u201d pressure on Arsenal in the title race, which Manchester City have not had to face.<\/p>\n

Arsenal<\/strong> are flying high at the Premier League summit. With seven games left to play, they have a nine-point gap on serial champions Manchester City \u2013 who have a game in hand which could cut that gap to six points if they win.<\/p>\n

That would still leave the Gunners in a commanding position, though they do still have to face City in the league, and when the pair have been fighting for the title in the past, a loss to the Manchester outfit has been massively detrimental to Arsenal\u2019s hopes.<\/p>\n

But the size of the gap this season and how well the north Londoners have been playing means things feel different this time.<\/p>\n

There is still pressure on, though, which former Aston Villa and Everton CEO Wyness has explained to Football Insider<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThere\u2019s a unique sort of Arsenal pressure, because they\u2019ve been living with this sort of cloud over them for so long now of being the bridesmaid.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody always mentions that everything to do with Arsenal is, will they fall again? It\u2019s something that they\u2019ve had to live with that\u2019s uniquely Arsenal. I don\u2019t think Leicester had that pressure when they were going on to win the title that year.<\/p>\n

\u201cMan City certainly wouldn\u2019t have had it because they\u2019ve done it. It\u2019s this one sort of focus on Arsenal that they live with every single week in the media. And no doubt it\u2019s telling. Look, there is pressure on them and it gets in their heads.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey can\u2019t turn anywhere. Social media, mainstream media, it\u2019s there. It does get in their heads a little bit. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s much more that they can do in terms of, (Mikel) Arteta and the squad. They\u2019ve just got to be mentally strong and get through this.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf they did finish with one or even two trophies this season, they\u2019re in the hunt for both and those are the big ones, then that\u2019d be a good season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arsenal are also leading after the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Sporting CP, having last season reached the semis.<\/p>\n

They have never won the elite European competition, but having finished second in the Premier League for the past three seasons, if they\u2019re to get over the line in one but not the other, it\u2019s the domestic competition that Arsenal will be most eager to tick off.<\/p>\n

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