Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has sent an important message to his players regarding getting too emotional about this season’s Premier League title race.

The Gunners are currently top of the table and will be desperate to get over the line at last after finishing in second place for three consecutive seasons.

Arteta’s side have some so close in recent times but haven’t quite managed to go the distance, and that will undoubtedly be something that he and his Arsenal players have to address again this season.

When asked about dealing with that pressure in his press conference on Friday, Arteta simply called for calm over what will ultimately be a long season with plenty of ups and downs.

Mikel Arteta’s message to Arsenal players

Discussing the feeling of being top at the moment, Arteta reminded reporters that the narrative felt like a defeat away to Newcastle United recently would have been the end of the title race, only for things to change very quickly.

Mikel Arteta applauds the Arsenal fans at the Emirates Stadium (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Arteta has made it clear he wants his players not to get too caught up in emotions like that if they are to keep a cool head...