Arsenal: Mikel Arteta predicts flawed Premier League title race with more twists and turns

Mikel Arteta believes it is “very unlikely” that Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City finish the title race by all winning their remaining games.

The trio are battling it out for the Premier League and just three points separates leaders Liverpool and City in third.

After Arsenal played City last weekend, none of the title rivals will face each other again in the final eight games.

But despite that, Arteta does not believe that all of the three sides will finish the season with a perfect record across their remaining matches.

“I don’t know what is going to happen but it is very unlikely that everybody wins every game,” he said.

“You look back a what happened in previous seasons and it is very, very unlikely - but you don’t know.

“Let’s do everything we possibly can. Don’t leave anything left and play with the same enthusiasm and hunger and quality, and let’s see where it takes us.”

Arsenal are unbeaten in the League since the turn of the year and they have conceded just four goals in 10 games.

Their latest win came against Luton on Wednesday night and after the Hatters boss Rob Edwards said the Gunners have no weaknesses.

“I think maybe they’re the one team out of all the three [title contenders] that are fighting at the moment that can sort of play any game,” he said.

“If it’s a physical game, if it’s a footballing game, if it’s a running game - whatever it is, they’ve got the answer, they’ve got the personalities who will play any way.”

Arsenal have blown teams away this year, but their draw at City last weekend showcased their defensive prowess - and Arteta believes it is important for his side to have different faces.

“I think, especially in this League and when you go to Europe it’s the same, every game demands different things,” he said.

“There are certain teams that try to tell you to play a certain game and when they do tell you, you have to play it, you have to play it in the best possible way.

“When you have the adaptability to do that and still be better than the opponent playing that game, then you have a big advantage.

“And that’s what we’re trying to do, evolve as a team to be comfortable and be dominant as well. We have to play all kinds of game.

“You have to evolve the team. You need to understand what you want, you have to have the players to do it and the knowledge as well to explain it.

“But to play nice, I don’t know what that means as well – nice is with the ball always, nice is without the ball as well, nice is when you have to play in certain areas and spaces on the pitch, with what kind of density do you play nice?

“In the end it’s how you compete and how you make life difficult to beat the opponent.”