Bukayo Saka names match that made him believe Arsenal can win Premier League title
Arsenal are the favourites to lift the Premier League title after amassing a four-point lead after just nine games and Bukayo Saka has picked out the moment that made him believe
Bukayo Saka says that Arsenal's dramatic 2-1 win at Newcastle last month proved to him that they're ready to win the Premier League title. The Gunners had dropped points in two of their previous three league games before making the trip to St James' Park, where they'd lost on their last three visits.
Another defeat was on the horizon as Mikel Arteta's side were trailing 1-0 with full-time fast approaching, only for Mikel Merino to pop up with a precious equaliser. It got even better for the Gunners when Gabriel Magalhaes headed home in the sixth minute of stoppage time to snatch all three points.
The wild celebrations were proof that Arsenal's players - and their supporters - understood the significance of the result, as Saka explained in an interview with Sky Sports. "In the past, those type of games, Newcastle away, we've never really got a good result and this year we did," the England international said.
Although Saka is confident that he and his team-mates are capable of ending the Gunners' 23-year wait to win the title, he's keeping his feet firmly on the ground and learning from past experiences. "I think it's a bit early to talk about 'our year'," the Arsenal star continued.
"We're still in October. Of course, I've been in a title race for the last three years now, finished second in all of them... What I've learned is that now is not so important. It's in April, that's when you need to be there and try and be (in) first place.
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"Now it's about staying in and around it, building your momentum and then going on a run of performances. It's still a bit early to talk about winning the title based off a few results that in the past haven't gone our way."
Arteta also wants to focus on the present, with Arsenal currently four points clear at the top of the table, but understands the excitement surrounding his team early in the campaign. "We are where we are," the Gunners boss acknowledged ahead of Wednesday's Carabao Cup clash with Brighton.
"It's a credit to us because we've been very consistent, but knowing the difficulty of every match as well. It is early, so it doesn't mean anything other than let's keep doing a lot of things that we’re doing really well, but there are things to improve to give us better margins as well."
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Arteta added: "I think when our people are excited and when we see that the team is competing at the level, consistently, they are the right reasons to believe, and that's the main thing.
"You want to win big trophies, you certainly have to install that feeling amongst the team, the club and around it, and we're in a really good position at the moment, but we know how early it is and how difficult every game is."
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