Wenger targets second place, says nowhere near BPL title race

Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal are currently "nowhere near" being involved in the race for the Premier League title, but is setting his sights on overtaking second-placed Manchester City.

The Gunners are currently third in the table, nine points adrift of leaders Chelsea but just four behind second-placed City. Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham and Southampton are all in the hunt for Champions League qualification in what promises to be a thrilling finale to the season.

"At the moment we are nowhere near to winning the Premier League, and nowhere near close to being in the race," he said.

"But what we want is to do as well as we can without speculating on the weakness of any team. The only thing you can say is that it's very tight."

"You look in front of you, Manchester City are four points ahead of us, and you look behind you, there's plenty of people chasing us. That will be very, very tight and it will be down to consistency in our results and mental strength. That will certainly be needed again on Wednesday night."

"At the moment we are too far from Chelsea to say we are in the title race, but you never know what can happen," he added.

"I speak as well about Man City, why should they give up for the title? They have done it three years ago by being eight points behind. If you ask a team who is four points behind us, they will say it's realistic to try and catch us. Manchester City are four points in front of us so mathematically of course that is possible."

...SkySports