Arsenal defender, Gabriel Magalhães has declared that the club needs to keep winning as they fight to win the premier league title for the first time since 2004, Softfootball reports.
The Gunners beat Aston Villa 4-1 at the Emirates on Tuesday night in the Match-Day 19 of the premier league, handing Unai Emery’s side their first defeat after 11 straight wins.
Speaking after the match in an interview shared by football expert, Fabrizio Romano via his official X handle, Gabriel was delighted to be part of the team following some weeks absent due to injury. He declared:
First, I want to say thanks God. It was difficult for me, I always want to help the team, but now I’m so happy to be back. I think today was a brilliant day for everyone, how we worked together. We need to keep going.
Mikel Arteta’s men have been grinding out results in recent weeks and during the Boxing Day fixtures, Arsenal defeated Brighton 2-1 in a keenly contested match to maintain their slight advantage over Manchester City on top of the premier league table.
Currrently, Arsenal are five points ahead of the Cityzens with Pep Guardiola’s side due to play Sunderland this evening and a win may close the gap to just two points.
Arsenal have 45 points after 19 matches in the premier league so far while Manchester City have 40 points with a game in hand while Aston Villa sit third with 39 points.
