Mikel Arteta says he is winning his biggest battle at Arsenal - to make his players believe in themselves. The Gunners lifted the first silverware of the season by beating Premier League champions Liverpool on penalties in Saturday’s Community Shield at Wembley. And Arteta reckons his players, who finished 43 points behind the Reds last season, are slowly becoming convinced of how good they actually are. The Arsenal boss said: “I believe we are closing the gap. But it’s one thing to do it in a short period of time, and another to sustain it for ten months. “My biggest fight at this club is to convince these players we can fight with these clubs in the long term, and that they are...
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