ROBIN VAN PERSIE has told Manchester United and Chelsea:
Arsenal are the best team in England.
The Dutch striker scored twice for the Gunners in a sensational 6-2
home win over Blackburn on Saturday. Arsene Wengers men trail
Premiership leaders United by 14 points and are 12 behind
second-placed Chelsea. But Van Persie insists the football played
by those two sides does not compare to Arsenals free-flowing
style.
Van Persie said: There is no better side, football-wise, than
Arsenal in England definitely, 100 per cent. It is frustrating
for us but I see it in a positive way. We are proving every week we
are the best. I watch a lot of football and sometimes I see games
on TV and I think I could never play in that team.
When I see those games I am just happy I am in a team that plays
fantastic football. We have the likes of Rosicky, Hleb and
Fabregas. They are top, top players who see almost everything that
is around them and that is very, very special.
Arsenal have scored 24 goals at home that is more than any other
Premiership club this season despite supposedly having problems
adapting to new surroundings at the Emirates Stadium.
The red-hot Gunners netted three goals in the last six minutes to
rout Rovers. And Blackburn were angered by Arsenal taking the
mickey out of them as they headed down the tunnel at
full-time.
That followed Cesc Fabregas nutmegging of Robbie Savage before
Mathieu Flamini hit the sixth goal. Blackburn boss Mark Hughes
said: I was in the dressing room so Im not sure about what
happened. But they had just won 6-2 so I suppose they can indulge
themselves.
Our players probably took exception to it because they know that
five minutes from the end of that game, they were very much in it.
Gunners boss Wenger takes his side to Aidy Boothroyds struggling
Watford today.
Wenger said: I admire them because they dont seem to be affected
by the fact they dont win. You need to be strong to do that.Aidy
has a belief they will get out of trouble and he does that in a
convincing way.
