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'We're not going to bottle it': Mikel Arteta rallies his Arsenal players by demanding a huge bounce-back performance against Nottingham Forest and states his side can still chase down Man City for the title

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has assured fans that his side won’t ‘bottle’ the final two games of the season in light of their recent pronounced struggles.

The north-London club have in recent weeks been widely labelled as ‘bottling it’ after dropping nine points in April - including a 4-1 beating by Manchester City - while top of the table.

This then culminated in a 3-0 defeat to Brighton last weekend.

But Arteta is adamant his players can be title contenders next season and will finish strongly.

He said: ‘We have shown this season (that we can be title contenders) and we are still there.