This article contains adult content that may be inappropriate for minors. Please confirm that you are 18 years or older to continue. This article contains images or details that some readers may find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. Mikel Arteta, Arsenal's manager, issued a clear warning to players in the Premier League title race, which has eluded the club for 22 years: those who cannot handle the pressure and external 'noise' should 'be part of a different club.' The Gunners are seeking to win their first championship since 2003/04, the year they won the Premier League unbeaten, and currently lead the standings by two points. However, the team is experiencing a dip in form, with only two victories in their last seven league matches, allowing Manchester City to reduce the gap from five to just two points. The decline in form intensified after Wednesday's draw against Wolverhampton, the bottom-placed team, in which Arsenal squandered a 2-0 lead, conceding an equalizer in the 90'+4 minute. The result sparked criticism and accusations that the team was cracking under pressure, a label that Arteta rejected, stating that the term 'bottlers,' used to describe someone who squanders their advantage, 'is not part of the vocabulary.' 'We ask the players: do you want to be part of the noise? Or not? If not, go do something else, be part of a different club. Everyone has demanded for 10 or 15 years that we fight for the title again, and now we are here. And now? You don't want noise? The noise is part of it, the bullets are part of it, and we try to deal with it in the right way to achieve what we seek,' said the Spaniard. It is worth noting that Arsenal finished the last three seasons in second place, twice behind City and last season behind Liverpool. The team is also in the League Cup final against Manchester City, remains in contention in the FA Cup, and completed the UEFA Champions League group stage with a perfect record of eight wins in eight matches. These words were spoken in the lead-up to the North London derby against Tottenham, scheduled for this Sunday.
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