{"id":2792,"date":"2024-04-13T11:35:32","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T11:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=2792"},"modified":"2024-04-13T11:35:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T11:35:32","slug":"cesc-fabregas-sends-message-to-arsenal-players-rates-their-title-chances-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=2792","title":{"rendered":"Cesc Fabregas sends message to Arsenal players &#038; rates their title chances | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\" img-container shareable-item wp-caption\" style=\"max-width:540px\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"sync\" width=\"644\" height=\"453\" data-rsz=\"shrink\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1845021741_b84e7a.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;zoom=1&amp;resize=644%2C453\" alt=\"Former Arsenal star Cesc Fabregas\" class=\"wp-image-20641264\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\n<\/div><figcaption>Arsenal icon Cesc Fabregas went onto win two Premier League titles with Chelsea (Photo: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/cesc-fabregas\/?ico=auto_link_sport_P1_LNK1\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\">Cesc Fabregas has urged Arsenal\u2019s players to \u2018not change anything\u2019 as they battle to win the Premier League title.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Gunners icon could not commit to backing his former club to beat Liverpool and Manchester City in the title race, saying it is too close to call.<\/p>\n<p>With just seven games to go, Arsenal are top of the table, ahead of Liverpool on goal difference, with City a point behind.<\/p>\n<p>The Citizens are still the favourites to emerge as champions given their vast experience in title races and their easier run-in compared to their rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta\u2019s side\u2019s title aspirations fell apart around this stage last season but are better placed to go all the way this time round, and Fabregas, who won two Premier League titles with Chelsea, believes they just have to keep doing what they\u2019ve been doing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You have been working for eight, nine months, the whole season to get into this position and you just want to get the best out of it,\u2019 is the former midfielder\u2019s message to Arsenal\u2019s players, via Standard Sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Whatever brought you here, don\u2019t change anything, just keep doing it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\" img-container shareable-item wp-caption\" style=\"max-width:540px\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"355\" data-rsz=\"shrink\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2139091395.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;zoom=1&amp;resize=540%2C355\" alt=\"Brighton &amp; Hove Albion v Arsenal FC - Premier League\" class=\"wp-image-20641276\"\/>\n<\/div><figcaption>Arsenal lead the title race with just seven games to go (Photo: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018They are on the right way, 100 per cent they are getting there, 100 per cent they are now Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You go around Europe, you speak to coaches, top teams, fans and they will all say that Arsenal are one of the best teams to watch and compete.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>This is perhaps the greatest and most unpredictable title race in the competition\u2019s history, and City will have the first chance to go top of the league when they host Luton on Saturday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\" img-container shareable-item wp-caption\" style=\"max-width:540px\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" id=\"share-item-20641283-708\" class=\"anchor\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"331\" data-rsz=\"shrink\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2136579792.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;zoom=1&amp;resize=540%2C331\" alt=\"The Premier League - Crystal Palace v Manchester City - Saturday 6th April2024 - Selhurst Park - London\" class=\"wp-image-20641283\"\/>\n<\/div><figcaption>Man City\u2019s favourable fixtures make them title favourites (Photo: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Liverpool host another struggling team in Crystal Palace on Sunday, before Arsenal have the trickiest test of the weekend against Champions League chasing Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s so tight. Three teams full of quality who hardly lose points,\u2019 Fabregas added.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The last five years it has been about two teams, really \u2013 Liverpool and City \u2013 so it is fantastic to have another one in there to create this.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"post-strip trending-post-strip\" data-nosnippet=\"\" data-vars-type=\"trending-post-strip\" data-track-module=\"trending-post-strip_article\">\n<h3 class=\"zopo-more\">More <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/trending\/?ico=trending-post-strip_more\">Trending<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p>Read More Stories<\/aside>\n<p>\u2018City maybe have the best fixtures, but Arsenal are proving [their title credentials]. They go to Brighton and win 3-0 by being very solid.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Maybe experience will also come into it, City always seem to peak at this time of year, when things get serious. 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