Beleaguered Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger challenged his players to win every game between now and the end of the season to keep alive faint hopes of a top-four Premier League finish. Seven league wins is the only way the Frenchman reckons that Arsenal can secure a Champions League place after ending a run of four away league defeats with a 2-1 victory over struggling Middlesbrough on Monday. Wenger sensed uncharacteristic anxiety in his out-of-form players before the game, which he hopes will now have been overcome. "We were a bit over-cautious against Middlesbrough but hopefully the win over them will now give us more confidence," he said. But after refusing to talk about his own future at the club, Wenger dismissed speculation about his two attackers.

Source: Standard Digital April 18, 2017 05:48 UTC