Arsenal defender Jurrien Timber believes his facet are gaining crucial momentum of their push for a primary Premier League title in 20 years. The Gunners diminished Liverpool’s lead on the prime of the desk to seven factors after capitalising on their rivals’ draw at Newcastle by securing a 2-0 win over Manchester United on the Emirates Stadium. Mikel Arteta’s facet headed into the worldwide break winless from 4 league matches. However they’ve bounced again with a hat-trick of home victories to breathe contemporary life into their problem. Timber, who scored his first aim for Arsenal within the spectacular win towards United, hailed the feel-good issue across the membership. “People say anything these days but we just have to focus on ourselves because we know how long the season is,” stated Timber when it was put to him that Arsenal are actually again within the title hunt. “Every game is winnable and I think we are gaining some momentum. We are playing some really good games, and this one wasn’t easy, but we still got the three points which gives us confidence for the next games ahead. “Every game is important. And you will regret it when you don’t give everything and you lose points, so I’m happy we didn’t do that this time. From now on, we just have to win and we’ll see where that brings us.” Arsenal journey to Craven Cottage on Sunday to face Fulham, a day after Arteta will hope his former facet Everton can take extra factors off Arne Slot’s workforce within the Merseyside derby. For United, new supervisor Ruben Amorim was dealt his first defeat which left his facet eleventh within the desk, 16 factors off the title tempo. After following up a draw at Ipswich with dwelling victories towards Bodo/Glimt and Everton, Amorim warned previous to his facet’s loss at Arsenal that he may quickly be unsettled by a “storm”. “I have to be careful what I say,” stated Amorim. “If you follow football, you know what can happen. I came from Sporting. It is a big club. Everything is OK, and then when you lose one game, everything is not OK. “Sometimes you have bad moments when you change a lot of things in order to improve. I prefer to learn by winning games but I can take positive from today’s match.” Amorim additionally moved to reassure Luke Shaw, who earlier this week revealed an harm setback, which is more likely to rule him out of a number of weeks, has left him “absolutely devastated”. “Since I arrived I have seen him in the medical department, working a lot in the gym and on the pitch,” stated Amorim. “We control the load. He was losing weight so he was doing everything. And if he continues with that behaviour, he is a top, top player and we need him. “No matter how long he needs, I will be with him and I will help him return, not just for Manchester United, but your national team needs a player like Luke Shaw, too.”
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