Unai Emery expects top-four race to go down to the wire

Arsenal boss Unai Emery insists his facet can not loosen up after seizing the initiative within the race for the highest 4 with a 2-0 win over Newcastle on Monday evening.

The Gunners catapulted Tottenham and Manchester United, shifting from fifth to 3rd, after Aaron Ramsey and Alexandre Lacazette sealed the convincing win on the Emirates.

With seven video games remaining, Arsenal have a beneficial run-in, with not one of the high six left to play.

Nonetheless, solely three factors separate them from sixth-place Chelsea, and Emery highlights the actual fact they need to journey away from dwelling 5 instances.

“We all know it’s going to be very tough as a result of we all know Tottenham, Manchester United and Chelsea will win loads of matches. It should demand loads from us,” he informed talkSPORT.

“We will play five matches away and it’s a challenge. We are hot here [at the Emeriates] but we need to be confident and consistent away from home as well.

“We need to take points in difficult away matches like on Sunday against Everton.”

Meanwhile, Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez told talkSPORT his team could’ve defended better, despite coming up against an impressive Gunners side on the night.

Ramsey drifted into the field unmarked to fit dwelling the primary, earlier than the Magpies did not oppose Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang or Lacazette as they mixed for the second.

He stated: “They’re a superb staff and we knew it might be robust. We have been doing what we needed to do for some time, we have been sturdy sufficient in defence to maintain management in defence.

“We concede a purpose which we may keep away from and after we have been on the counter-attack, we had two or three probabilities the place we shut with the ultimate move.”