Bukayo Saka admits Arsenal now have a ‘nice alternative’ to win the 2022-23 Premier League title after opening up a seven-point lead.
Saka scored because the Gunners beat Brighton 4-2 on New 12 months’s Eve whereas second-placed Manchester Metropolis have been held to a 1-1 draw at house to Everton.
These outcomes imply that Arsenal head into 2023 with a exceptional seven-point lead over the champions, who've received 4 of the final 5 top-flight titles.
Arsenal at the moment are simply the fifth facet in English top-flight historical past to select up as many as 43 factors from the primary 16 video games in a season.
The Gunners additionally scored within the opening two minutes of each halves in a single Premier League sport for the primary time since December 2013 in opposition to Hull.
After simply 66 seconds, Saka scored Arsenal’s earliest away aim within the Premier League since Could 2013 – when Theo Walcott netted after simply 20 seconds in opposition to QPR – and the 21-year-old spoke to Sky Sports activities following Saturday’s victory.
‘[The seven-point lead] sounds wonderful,’ Saka mentioned. ‘In fact at first of the season when you requested us if we needed this we'd chew your hand off.
‘We're actually comfortable. There was massive emphasis [on starting games quickly]. We all know how laborious it's to return right here and climate as nicely it wasn’t simple.
‘That aim good and early set us up. I couldn’t imagine it fell for me. I simply needed to attempt to present some composure.
‘It's a nice alternative we have now [to win the Premier League title] – an amazing place we have now put ourselves in.
‘We're not focussing on that now. We're focussing on the following sport as a result of we all know how nicely Newcastle have been taking part in.’
The Gunners face Eddie Howe’s third-placed facet on January 3 earlier than they arrive up in opposition to Tottenham and Manchester United.
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