Mikel Arteta admits Arsenal's title defence pressure is already on after narrow win against Aston Villa
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta expressed the intense pressure of the Premier League title race following a narrow 1-0 victory over Aston Villa. Arteta noted that the team used the emotional weight of a previous defeat at the same venue to fuel their current performance.
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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has confessed that he is already feeling the intense heat of the Premier League title race despite the new season being just two games old. The Gunners maintained their perfect start to the campaign on Monday evening with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Aston Villa at Villa Park.
Arsenal may only be two games into their Premier League title defence, but Arteta already feels the pressure is on to pick up points. The Gunners maintained their 100% start to the season on Monday as Bukayo Saka's second-half strike clinched a 1-0 away win over Villa. It is the seventh time in the last eight seasons that Arsenal have won their opening two matches of a Premier League campaign, and the fifth time in a row.
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