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Mikel Arteta said he would concede the Premier League title to Liverpool "over my dead body" as he insisted Arsenal can still be crowned champions.

The Gunners head to Nottingham Forest on Wednesday 11 points adrift of Liverpool following the Reds' weekend victory at Manchester City, a day after Arteta's side slumped to a 1-0 loss against West Ham at the Emirates.

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Following the defeat to the Hammers - after which he criticised his players for failing to reach the standards required to end the club's 21-year wait for the title - Arteta conceded the championship race was no longer in his hands.

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But speaking on the eve of Arsenal's trip to third-placed Forest, the Spaniard said: "I'm not going to stop, over my dead body.

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But if you want to win the the Premier League, you're going to have to do something special.

You're probably going to have to do something that nobody else has done in the history of the Premier League."

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In the previous 15 games, we have won 10 and drawn five, exactly the same as Liverpool, with exactly the same goal difference, which is plus 23.


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