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Arsenal face Olympiacos in the Europa League and winning this tournament could be the best possible way of getting back into the Champions League next season.

The Gunners are nowhere close to the Premier League top-four and there’s a very slim chance that they will be able to break into that zone by the end of May. So naturally, winning the Europa League becomes that much more important.

Having said that, Arsenal will take on Spurs in the North London Derby, something which is a serious affair, no matter how their current league position looks and many pundits think the manager could be in a bit of a conundrum, as to which game should get his undivided attention.

When asked about winning the UEL, Arteta said in his press conference: “There is a lot to do in both competitions. We have to go very far to get into the Champions League via the Europa League, with the amount of games you have to win.

“It’s the same in the Premier League. The points that we lost in the three away games against Wolves, Aston Villa and Burnley sums up our season a little bit. We should’ve got much more from those games and we would have been in a different position. But our reality is that at the end, we don’t find the way to win.

“We have to learn how to win and be consistent in winning in every three days when you produce those performances. It’s the biggest margin that we have to improve.

“I think there is still a lot to play for and what we need is to put four or five wins in a row. If we are able to do that then things are going to look very different in two or three weeks time.

“If we don’t, obviously, we don’t have a chance because when we have had the opportunity to do that we haven’t done it consistently enough so it’s completely down to us. I want to think that there is still a lot to play for and we have to be with that mindset because if not it’s impossible to achieve anything.

“We have a massive week with the next four games that we have in a short period. We have to manage the squad but obviously the main game is tomorrow and we have to focus on that. Tomorrow’s game is going to help us for the weekend, it’s going to help us for next week. We have to focus on tomorrow.”

Arteta has a fully fit squad to choose from so rotating his first XI should not be an issue for the Arsenal boss. But there’s no denying that the Spanish boss will be more inclined towards getting to the Europa League finals right now.

Arsenal are currently 10th on the league table – 12 points behind the fourth spot, so there’s almost no chance of them securing a Champions League spot via the top-four route.

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