Arsenal 'want more' this season - Arteta

Mikel Arteta says Arsenal's players person told him they "want more" this play arsenic they look to contradict Manchester City a 5th consecutive Premier League title.

The Gunners person vanished 2nd to City successful nan past 2 convention campaigns, and were conscionable 2 points down Pep Guardiola's broadside past season.

On nan evening aft nan last lucifer of past play against Everton, Arteta and Arsenal held a gathering successful cardinal London that was attended by proprietor and co-chairman Josh Kroenke, players pinch their families and nine staff.

"All nan players were saying to me, 'we’re going to beryllium better, we’re going to do it, we want more,'" said Arteta.

"They are nan ones driving that ambition, truthful that's ever positive."

Arsenal look Wolves astatine Emirates Stadium successful their first lucifer of nan play connected Saturday, and Arteta says his broadside are relishing nan commencement of their title bid.

"We are really excited," he said. "We've been missing nan title for galore weeks, excessively agelong for us.

"We're truthful consenting to start, really enthusiastic astir it.

"We had a really challenging pre-season. The squad has looked really sharp, really astatine it and hopeless to play."

No teams successful nan Premier League person been capable to amended their points tally successful 5 consecutive seasons, but that whitethorn beryllium what Arsenal request to execute to go champions for nan first clip since 2004.

The season-by-season betterment truthful acold intends Arsenal person gone from totting up conscionable 56 points successful 2019-20 to posting 89 points past season.

Former England skipper Alan Shearer gave his thoughts astir Arsenal's title prospects successful his BBC Sport column, wherever he said that "the 1 point they are missing... is simply a goalscorer".

Shearer explained: "If Arsenal motion a apical striker past I would backmost them to spell connected and triumph nan league."

Arteta sees his squad arsenic a agelong measurement from nan vanished article, and efforts are ongoing to fortify nan squad arsenic nan head backs nan group to turn stronger.

"We're still very acold from perfection," said Arteta.

"This squad still has levels to scope and they springiness maine nan reasons to judge that because I spot nan measurement they train and nan measurement they play each day.

"I judge location is still large room to improve."