The Gunners are beginning to pile on the pressure to Liverpool and Manchester City, and a statement win against West Ham last week showed that the Gunners do indeed mean business.
However, it would be remiss to pretend there aren’t still a few issues in this Arsenal squad, namely that their attackers aren’t proving to be very prolific at the moment.
Speaking on Premier League Productions, Clinton Morrison has been assessing Arsenal’s title chances, and he reckons that the Gunners will be genuine title contenders if they can find a way to get Gabriel Martinelli scoring goals.
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Arsenal can win the league if Gabriel Martinelli starts scoring
Morrison shared his verdict on how Arsenal can win the league.
“Yeah, they are closing the gap. Everyone was questioning if they need to go and get a striker, but they’re scoring goals and looking more clinical. If they can get Martinelli scoring and they get Jesus back, they can definitely be title contenders,” Morrison said.
Easier said than done
Morrison is spot on, Arsenal will have a much better chance of winning the title if Martinelli can find his shooting boots, but making that happen isn’t easy.
Scoring goals isn’t an exact science, it’s can often be about luck or confidence rather than just pure skill, and unfortunately, Martinelli just hasn’t been getting the rub of the green this season.
Of course, Martinelli is more than good enough to go on a goalscoring run that propels Arsenal to the title, but whether or not the £6m man does indeed catch fire remains to be seen.
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