{"id":296332,"date":"2023-12-08T18:25:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T18:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=296332"},"modified":"2023-12-08T18:25:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T18:25:10","slug":"arsenal-star-saliba-fires-a-title-warning-to-man-city-and-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/arsenal-star-saliba-fires-a-title-warning-to-man-city-and-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal star Saliba fires a title warning to Man City and Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Arsenal&#8217;s title challenge folded when William Saliba suffered an injury last season&#8230; now the French star is determined to make up for lost time as he fires a clear warning to Manchester City and Liverpool<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Arsenal were five point clear when Saliba injured his back in the middle of March<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Man City stormed through to win the title but Saliba vows it&#8217;ll be different now<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It will do Arsenal no harm at all to have Arteta out of sight at Villa Park &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He&#8217;s arguably the difference between winning a league title and second place.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s certainly one of the world&#8217;s best defenders.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, William Saliba, at just 22, is already looking to make up for lost time.<\/p>\n<p>When he sustained a back injury on March 16 in the Europa League last-16 second leg against Sporting Lisbon, Arsenal were top of the Premier League by five points.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners&#8217; next 11 games without him resulted in three consecutive draws and three losses, amid five victories. Manchester City had wrested the league away from their grasp.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/16\/78742779-12842409-image-a-117_1702051499322.jpg\" height=\"437\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>William Saliba points to the Arsenal badge amid celebrations after Tuesday&#8217;s win at Luton<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/16\/78742783-12842409-image-a-118_1702051519721.jpg\" height=\"377\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The French defender was right behind Declan Rice after his dramatic stoppage time winner<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/16\/78742821-12842409-image-a-119_1702051601653.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Saliba says Arsenal are targeting success in the Premier League and Champions League<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>The north London club&#8217;s performances had dropped off a cliff, but it was the Frenchman&#8217;s injury that proved a catalyst for this.<\/p>\n<p>His plans this time around are a menacing warning for their rivals in the north, which include Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have the experience of last season, of course we are better,&#8217; says Saliba, speaking from an event at The Arsenal Hub which celebrated the club&#8217;s year-round involvement within the local community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Maybe we can go one better. It&#8217;s early to say that, but we want to win every game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It will be tighter this year because everyone is so close at the top and I think it will be harder to win it than last season. But we are ready for that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;(Success this season is) to win the Premier League and to go as far as possible in the Champions League. It&#8217;s a real target because we play to win everything. We don&#8217;t play just to be there to make up the numbers. We want to make it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In this month, in December, we play a lot of good teams, especially this Saturday so we have to stay focused because this season is still long and we have a lot of games to play.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/16\/78742843-12842409-image-a-120_1702051679340.jpg\" height=\"437\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The back injury Saliba suffered against Sporting Lisbon proved a defining moment for Arsenal<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/16\/78742917-12842409-image-a-121_1702051761872.jpg\" height=\"710\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gunners coach Mikel Arteta is hoping Saliba can remain fit until the end of the campaign<\/p>\n<p>The centre-back has flourished under Mikel Arteta, his manager having made him a cornerstone of the team.<\/p>\n<p>Across their 23 games so far this campaign, Saliba has played 1,890 minutes \u2014 the most of any squad player. That trust is mutual.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I know he (Arteta) trusts me, it makes it easy to play well,&#8217; he says. &#8216;I feel a lot of confidence from him and he teaches, he gives us things to develop and if I&#8217;m good today, then it&#8217;s because of him and the staff.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s demanding but he&#8217;s high level so you have to be demanding of your players and it&#8217;s good for us to have a coach like this. He has a passion, he loves his work.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>It has not always been plain sailing. After Saliba arrived in July 2019, he had to contend with multiple loan spells, and was left out of the club&#8217;s competitive squads for the 2020\u201321 season which briefly left him only able to play for the Arsenal Under 23s.<\/p>\n<p>He made his Premier League debut on August 5 last year and has been a mainstay ever since.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/16\/78743031-12842409-image-a-122_1702051944980.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Saliba celebrates after netting against Burnley last month, proving his threat in the other box<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/16\/78743225-12842409-image-a-125_1702052207390.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Saliba goes head-to-head with Chelsea&#8217;s Mykhailo Mudryk during October&#8217;s 2-2 draw<\/p>\n<p>He explains: &#8216;My first experience wasn&#8217;t so good but you know in your life you don&#8217;t always have good experiences. Sometimes you have to learn from some bad experiences and that&#8217;s why I learned and came back stronger. And that&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I have played a lot of games on loan and then I was back last season, and now I am so happy to be in this team and play every game.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal go to Aston Villa this Saturday, their opposition sitting in third place after brushing aside Manchester City 1-0 on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Villa remain unbeaten at home since a 4-2 defeat in February 2023, the Gunners the last team to beat them in their own backyard.<\/p>\n<p>Saliba is not surprised by their progress under ex-Arsenal boss Unai Emery.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They&#8217;re a good team, they have a good coach as well and I&#8217;m not surprised they are in such a good position because they finished so well last season,&#8217; he says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They are so good. I think it will be one of our hardest games, it will be tough, we know it won&#8217;t be easy to play there.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/16\/78743113-12842409-Saliba_was_at_The_Arsenal_Hub_to_support_North_London_United_thi-a-124_1702052111169.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Saliba was at The Arsenal Hub to support North London United this week<\/p>\n<p>Away from the pitch, the defender is involved with North London United, an initiative aimed at engaging young people with Down&#8217;s Syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>He adds: &#8216;It&#8217;s important because we&#8217;ve all been younger people so it&#8217;s good to be with these kids. We enjoy it, we make them happy and so we are happy as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I didn&#8217;t have the chance to meet professional footballers when I was growing up but now I&#8217;m a professional footballer. If I can make happy some younger kids then I will do it without hesitation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He (Arteta) really wants this but he doesn&#8217;t need to push us because we all want to do these things and everyone in the club, all the staff, we support these things in the community.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12842409\/Arsenals-title-William-Saliba-injury-French-star-fires-warning-Manchester-City-Liverpool.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal&#8217;s title challenge folded when William Saliba suffered an injury last season&#8230; 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