Arsenal secured a composed 2-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen to reach the Champions League quarter-finals, continuing a run that has kept them competitive across every competition.<\/strong><\/p>\n It was a game that showed control and discipline from the hosts but more than that it also highlighted the bigger picture surrounding their season as fixtures pile up at the Emirates stadium and rivals like Manchester City playing fewer games after Pep Guardiola\u2019s side were eliminated from this season\u2019s UCL by Real Madrid.<\/p>\n So questions will surely be around fatigue and momentum the deeper Arsenal go into the season. But the message from inside Arsenal\u2019s camp appears clear, focus remains firmly internal.<\/p>\n Embed from Getty Images<\/p>\n Former Arsenal defender Matt Upson spoke about the Manchester City concern as the Cityzens now play lesser games then Arsenal going into the final stretch of the season. He said: \u201cAt the moment, Arsenal are doing what they need to do to hold themselves up and get themselves in a position to be competitive and win nearly every game and that\u2019s what they\u2019ve done. <\/em><\/p>\n \u201cBy different ways and in different manners, they were more at it tonight, they really did suffocate Leverkusen. In other games, they haven\u2019t been but they\u2019re getting it done. <\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWorrying that Manchester City had two less games because they are out of the Champions League, they can\u2019t control it. All they\u2019ll be thinking about is themselves right now.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Embed from Getty Images<\/p>\n The fact that Manchester City have lesser games adds an important layer to the season (given they are pushing Arsenal to deep into the Premier League season as the Gunners look to claim the English top tier). And fewer game means they will get that physical advantage in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n But as Upson pointed out, that is outside Arsenal\u2019s control. Their approach need to be simple and that is to focus on their own performances, maintain the high standards that they have all season, and keep winning.<\/p>\n That mindset could prove decisive in both domestic and European competitions.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Arsenal secured a composed 2-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen to reach the Champions League quarter-finals,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Matt Upson tells Arteta & Co to ignore Man City concern<\/h3>\n
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