Gunners keen to keep firing


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2021/22 English Premier League

Matchday 19

Norwich City v Arsenal

Carrow Road
Norwich, England
Sunday, 26 December 2021
Kick-off is at 17h00  

Arsenal will be hoping to keep the momentum going when they take on Norwich City in a Premier League clash at Carrow Road on December 26.

Mikel Arteta's side beat Leeds United 4-1 on December 18 to make it three wins on the spin as they moved four points clear of West Ham United in fifth place.

The Gunners are looking to consolidate fourth spot after losing just three of their last 15 league games to close within six points of London rivals Chelsea, who are third.

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Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta is pleased to be in the top four going into Christmas, but acknowledges the season still has many twists and turns ahead in the race to secure Champions League qualification.

"We are there now, but it's still a long, long season to go ahead with a lot of unpredictable things probably that are going to happen, but we are there," he said.

"We want to continue that and we want to continue improving and playing better and better and then let's see where we get."

The Canaries remain rooted to the foot of the table following a 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa on December 14 - their third successive loss under new head coach Dean Smith.

The former Villa manager had gone unbeaten in his first three games at the helm to give the Norfolk outfit a glimmer of hope in their fight for survival.

Norwich are tied on 10 points with 19th-placed Newcastle United and just one adrift of Burnley in 18th position.

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Ben Gibson revealed that the squad has the belief to beat the drop despite their precarious situation with 21 fixtures remaining in the campaign.

"The be-all and end-all for myself and this club is to stay in this league," the defender said. "We've got ourselves back in the fight, people wrote us off but we kept believing.

"Yes, we're currently bottom, but we need to keep working and make sure those results come in."
 

Head-to-Head (Last Five Premier League Meetings): 

Matches - 5
Norwich - 0
Arsenal - 3
Draws - 2
 

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Published: 12/21/2021