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Mikel Arteta has urged his Arsenal to win the battle to finish runners-up this season as he insisted: “If you cannot be the best, be the second best at least.”

The Gunners have fallen 15 points behind leaders Liverpool in the Premier League title race after failing to win their last three games.

And Arteta, whose side have finished runners-up in the last two seasons, warned: “They are contenders to finish second.

How many teams are now competing for second?

Asked why finishing second matters as long as Champions League football is secured, the Spaniard added: “It does.

“I prefer to finish first than second, second than third, third than fourth.

“We're going to really have to think hard to understand ‘okay what is missing, what is really working and how we're going to now make the next step’,” he said.

Arsenal thrashed Chelsea 5-0 in this fixture last season.

“I think it's going to be a very different game and I think the way they develop as a team as well is very impressive,” the Arsenal boss added.

“What Enzo has done and the coaching staff, the amount of talent that they have in the squad.
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