Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia admitted the Gunners’s faith is not in their hands anymore after losing to Manchester United and Chelsea. Instead, they now have to wait for these teams to drop points and make sure to win all their remaining games.

Speaking after the Liverpool game, the Spaniard also added how the side needs to improve on a personal and mental level rather than on a technical or tactical one.

He said:

We accept all the critics. Arsenal is a big club and we deserve to be criticised because we have been playing for many years without fighting for the title.

The team is growing up and everybody accepts it because we cannot say anything when we don’t play well. We just go home and wait for the next game so we can win.

Against United we were not on our game at any time. Against Chelsea we played well, but as soon as we switched off a bit, we lost.

There are small points we need to improve, not technically or tactically, but personally – little things that we have to show more.

If we are still in the title race, it is because the other teams didn’t win. We will, though, be back in the race if we win three or four games in a row.