Rodri has claimed Manchester Metropolis beat Arsenal to the title because of a superior “mentality”, criticising the Gunners for not eager to defeat the champions of their April encounter.
The Spanish midfielder rounded off the scoring in Metropolis’s 3-1 win over West Ham to safe a fourth league title in a row for Pep Guardiola’s aspect, who completed two factors forward of Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal.
Rodri even went as far as to say that Arsenal settling for some extent on the Etihad Stadium conflict in opposition to Metropolis on April 30 was the explanation they gave up the title.
The claims come though Metropolis didn’t beat Arsenal of their three encounters this season, whereas Guardiola’s aspect have been additionally winless of their two matches over third-placed Liverpool within the marketing campaign simply gone.
When requested how his aspect achieves such constant success, Rodri instructed Optus Sport: “To be honest, I think it’s in here,” pointing to his head. “It is the mentality.
“Arsenal, additionally they deserve [to win the league], they did an unbelievable season, however I believe the distinction was in right here [pointing to his head again].
“After they got here right here, they confronted us on the Etihad, I noticed them and stated: ‘Ah, these guys, they do not need to beat us, they only desire a draw.’
“And that mentality, I do not assume we might do it the identical means.
“And we caught them. At the end, if you give us one point, we will win the last seven, eight games even though it’s so tough. So I think it comes down to mentality.”
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Arteta adamant: Arsenal will win the Premier League
Mikel Arteta has vowed Arsenal will come again stronger and win the Premier League after they suffered title heartbreak for a second season in a row.
The Gunners claimed a late 2-1 win over Everton on the ultimate day however Metropolis’s 3-1 victory over West Ham topped them champions.
“First of all congrats to Manchester City for winning the Premier League,” Arteta stated.
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“Today some mixed emotions. First of all, to be really proud of the staff and those players. They’ve done an incredible job and they have pushed every limit and every margin that we could to try to win this Premier League.
“Sadly, it a bit brief and we could not ship the prize that we wished.
“They (City) took it away from us. It’s the second season.
“There’s just one strategy to do it – you need to be extra decided, you need to be extra bold, you need to have quite a lot of braveness and push each restrict in all the things that we’ve got. That is the following step.
“If we do what we have to do, we’re going to be closer and at the end we’ll win it. When? I don’t know, but if we keep knocking and being that close, in the end it will happen.”
When does the 2024/25 Premier League season begin?
The 2023/24 season has reached its conclusion however planning has already began for the brand new marketing campaign.
A number of Premier League sides have confirmed pre-season friendlies forward of the 2024/25 time period, which kicks off on the weekend of August 17/18, whereas others have given contemporary kits an early airing.
The Premier League fixtures – all 380 of them – might be launched at 9am on Tuesday, June 18, with full protection on Sky Sports activities Information and Sky Sports activities’ digital platforms.
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