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Arsenal have a accountability to qualify for Europe: Mikel Arteta

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Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta stated that qualifying for European competitors subsequent season is the minimal expectation on the membership however that he was not beneath any stress regardless of their place within the Premier League.
Arsenal are tenth with eight video games left and face a tricky activity to qualify by means of their league place. They sit seven factors behind Tottenham Hotspur who occupy sixth place.
A sixth-placed end provides the crew an opportunity to qualify for the second-tier Europa League.
Winning this 12 months’s Europa League will seal qualification to the Champions League, however Arsenal have work to do after being held 1-1 by Slavia Prague of their quarter-final first leg.
Asked if he was feeling the stress, Arteta instructed reporters: “It’s not stress, it’s our accountability.
“The club we represent has high demands and that’s the minimum we can ask for and have to, over time, work to deliver those goals because it’s what we get asked for.”
Arteta led Arsenal to the FA Cup title final season however the crew have did not kick on within the present marketing campaign.
The Spaniard stated he didn’t suppose they’d profit from a season out of Europe to work on their long-term venture.
There are some actually good examples of groups that took day out to rebuild and it helped them, however “I would rather be in Europe”, Arteta stated.
Arsenal face Premier League basement facet Sheffield United on Sunday.