3 Things That Arsene Wenger Must Do To Lead Arsenal To The Premier League Crown

Arsenal are pretty close to the top of the Premier League, the 3-0 victory over Manchester United elevated the Gunners up to second in the table, just a couple of points behind Manchester City. Arsenal, in fact, defeated their closest rivals in the table and were miles better than United at the Emirates and with a season that is so unpredictable, the Gunners do have a real good chance of winning the league title, their first since 2004.

Manchester City, Manchester United and a few others are still in contention and would have a say in the run up to the league title but Arsene Wenger, after another season of not winning the title would be hopeful of his team playing with the same passion and ability in every game, similar to the performance against Manchester United, from now till the end of the season.

With progression in the Champions League looking dicey, the Premier League could be the major competition the Gunners could be paying attention to and we list out three things that Arsene Wenger has to do to ensure they get the title.

1. Keeping his players fit

It doesn’t take a genius to state this but the number of injuries Arsenal’s players have suffered over the past few seasons has been extraordinary. Even if we take away the number of injuries Abou Diaby suffered at the club, Wilshere, Cazorla, Arteta, Flamini, Debuchy, Giroud, all have had to deal with long term injuries which has affected the team.

Although every player cannot play each game but bench strength is affected a lot and Arsenal do need quality, especially this season when every team can beat any team in the league. Wilshere has suffered a long term injury but should come back sooner and Arsene will be working overtime to ensure his Gunners stay as fit as possible till the end of the season.

2. Mixing it up with Giroud and Walcott

The criticism levelled at Olivier Giroud might be justified, but he doesn’t have the worst scoring record for the team from London. He did score 19 goals from 36 games for Arsenal last season and apart from the goals, he does have the ability to win a lot of headers and gives Arsenal an option to hoof the ball forward.

Cue the other side of the coin with Theo Walcott finally emerging as a striker this season. The English attacker has often been deployed as a striker, but he has looked extremely sharp this season, probably after finally recovering from that injury against Tottenham in the FA Cup. The pace and movement of Walcott actually frees up the likes of Sanchez and Ozil. Mixing the games the two strikers play would actually help Arsenal more and keep the opposition guessing; of course they still have Danny Welbeck to count on when he comes back to full fitness.

3. Stick with Cech

Petr Cech was brought in to fix a position which hasn’t had a brilliant goalkeeper since David Seaman, so imagine when David Ospina is brought into the team in an extremely crucial game against Olympiakos in the UEFA Champions League.

Long story short, Ospina did cost them the game, or at least a goal and that isn’t what Arsenal need right now. Arsene has to play with Cech in most of the games this season; he has the experience to lead a team to the title and also can shore up the back line with his leadership. Cech was brought in to give Arsenal and extra push and keeping him on the bench is probably the worst thing Arsene can do this season.